Achieving the Dream Transition to Post Secondary Education for Students with Disabilities. What is y

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Achieving the Dream Transition to Post
SecondaryEducation for Students with
Disabilities.What is your dreamfor your child?
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Agenda

• Transition Planning Overview.
• Helping Your Teen Build a Dream.
• DVD Real Life Stories.
• Five Steps of Transition Planning..

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Student-Centred Planning.

• Keeping the best interests of
• the student as the focus of
• planning.
• Helping the student build their
• dream and share it with others.
• Having high expectations for
• the student, along with needed
• supports to ensure success.

Student
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Advance planning for entry into post-secondary
education is essential. Parents will need to

• Communicate to others the students needs.
• Become familiar with resources, supports
• and funding, including
• Accommodations and adaptive technology.
• Ensure the student applies in advance.
• Be actively involved.

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Start Planning During Junior High.

• Selecting courses.
• Exploring interests, skills and dreams.
• Volunteering, extra curricular activities,
• work experience.
• Taking part in IPP team meetings.
• Learning to describe the disability and to
• identify the accommodations that help.

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Start with the dream all that life can be
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• A full and rich learning experience
• in the company of students and friends
• with people to help along the way
• and the satisfaction of meeting goals and
  achieving dreams.

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Tips for Helping Your Teen Build a Dream.

• Your teen may need to learn how to dream.

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Start with the dream...all that life can
be
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TRANSITION PLANNING.
Get Ready
Form Planning Team
Hold Exit Meeting
Student
Develop Implement Plan
Monitor Update Plan
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Help Your Teen Create a Portfolio. Portfolio -
a collection of documents and
photographs. - the portable,
self-contained record of your teens
experiences and accomplishments.
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• Carlys Career Exploration.
• Gradual approach.
• Real life situations.
• Interests and strengths.
• Challenges and limitations.

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The Duty to Accommodate .. To the point
of undue hardship ..
The Disability Service Office.
Examples of Accommodations

• Note Takers.
• Software voice programs to assist students
• with reading or writing.
• Extended time for exams, oral exams or
• special locations for exams.

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Vulnerabilities and Safeguards Vulnerabilities
Being Ignored. Being Taken Advantage
of. Safeguards Participation in student
activities. Knowing their rights.
Learning how to self advocate.
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• Choosing a Post-Secondary Program.
• Your teen may be considering
• A technical institute.
• An apprenticeship or
• industry training program.
• A college or university.

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FUNDING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION Are You A
Post-Secondary Student With A Permanent
Disability? Visit www.alis.alberta.ca.
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Step 2 Form Transition Planning
Team. Students Role Expressing his/her
wishes and needs. Parents Role
Supporting students in expressing their wishes
and needs. Assisting the team to stay
focused on the students strengths and abilities.
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• Step 3 Develop and Implement Plan.
• A plan is put into action
• Choose institution/program.
• Visit Disability Service Office.
• Make application.
• Required assessments and required documents.
• Funding for tuition and accommodations.
• Support network on and off campus.
• Living arrangements, etc.

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• Step 4 Monitor and Update Plan.
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• Team reviews plan every six months.
• During grade11 team meets more often to review
  and
• update plan and ensure deadlines are met.
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• An important role of the teen and parent is to
  ensure
• all short and long term goals will be met
• before the teen starts post-secondary studies
  

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Step 5 Hold Exit Meeting. Hold final transition
planning meeting well before graduation to allow
time to follow up any outstanding items.
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Dream Facilitator. having a group of
supporters and champions to call upon can have
tremendous benefits for the young adult and for
the family of the young adult
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Parent Workshop Evaluation.   Please take a
few minutes to complete the workshop evaluation
sheet. Thank you for attending.