Students:
- Practice independence
- Check out WI Transition App
- Attend IEP-participate in the IEP process- Begin Self-directing your IEP Transition Plan
- Learn about your disability
- Identify what you need to help you succeed
- Develop skills for appropriate attire for the workplace and environment
- Identify interest and skills
- Volunteer in the community
- Talk to adults about what they do for work
- Identify and meet with people from a wide range of careers
- Tour businesses to see what kind of work they do and what jobs they offer
- Participate in any career exploration/ preparation classes offered by high school
- Learn about resources and make connections within the community, such as with your local job center
- Familiarize yourself with the Transition Action Guide (TAG) to learn about transition planning and agencies.
- Practice completing job applications, resume development (written or video) and interviewing skills
- Develop PTP Youth and Parent annually
- Develop communication skills, social skills, and self-advocacy skills
- Visit school counselor for assistance with career exploration, planning, and resources
- Job shadow with parents/family/ friends
- Review the DPI Opening Door Series found under the Department of Public Instruction tab
- Participate in extracurricular activities
- Participate in school jobs
- Plan high school classes
Parents:
- Keep a binder with your child’s IEP, any specialized testing materials and health records
- Connect with Oconto County Health and Human Services to discuss eligibility for the Children’s Long Term Support Waiver for your child
- Allow opportunities to practice independence
- Begin discussing the value and benefits of employment
- Assign responsibility for age appropriate chores
- Promote self determination and self-advocacy, opportunities to make choices and decisions, to explore and take risks and to learn from experiences of success and failure
- Join parent workshops
- Practice money skills: making purchases, ordering food and paying for the meal, practice following a budget
- Provide opportunities to develop good financial planning skills, allow purchases while shopping, begin discussing banking skills
- Explore and discuss community involvement opportunities
- Attend IEP, allow student to self-advocate and express goals
- Pre-teach appropriate behaviors at home and in social settings
- Encourage good grooming skills and emphasize importance of healthy activities
- Begin discussions regarding employment and future goals
- Continue to review emergency plans, who to call in an emergency, how to call in an emergency and actions that need to be taken
- Consider a referral to Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Consider joining YiPPE or PIP
- PTP Youth and Parent Guide
- Transition Planning for Families
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