Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) discuss the importance of starting the transition process from school to post-secondary life with a ladder mataphor. For the bottom rungs, they emphasize the significance of the IEP's transition pages and the career preference or interest inventory, which helps build a student's profile. They differentiate between diploma and certificate tracks, noting that nonverbal students can use visual interest inventories. They also highlight the challenge for families of losing school support at age 21 and stress the need for parents to be advocates. Join the conversation!
Episode Keywords:
transition, information, talk, podcast, prepare, iep, interest, meghan, students, episode, freshmen, high school, diploma, rerecord, parents, middle school, agencies, work, inventory, nonverbal
Links:
P2Transition (site)
Maryland (specific) Links/Supports:
Maryland Transition (site)
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Intro/Outro music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay.
Transition music by Joseph McDade from Transistor.
