1. Mission Possible: Planning a Successful Life for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
TAC it up!
VCU T/TAC May 2010

2. Transition Process Results of Age- Appropriate Transition Assessments
Measurable
Postsecondary
Goals
Present Level
Of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
Desired
Post-School
Outcomes
Transition
Services
(including
Courses of Study,
Activities, and
Linkages)
Annual Goals
and
Accommodations

3. IDEA 2004
States that the “coordinated set of activities” that make up “transition services" …
(B) …is based on the individual child’s needs, taking into account the child’s strengths, preferences, and interests…
§300.43(a)(2)

4. Regulations Governing Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities in Virginia
state that the LEA:
“shall invite a student with a disability of any age to attend the student’s IEP meeting if the purpose of the meeting will be the consideration of
the student’s postsecondary goals;
the needed transition services for the student; or
both.”
Virginia’s regulations state the age requirement for transition services is either “prior to the child entering secondary school, but not later than the first IEP to be in effect when the child turns 14, or younger if determined appropriate by the IEP team”.
(34 C.F.R. § (b))

5. State Performance Plan Indicator 13
Percent of youth with IEPs aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes appropriate measurable postsecondary goals that are annually updated and based upon an age appropriate transition assessment, transition services, including courses of study, that will reasonably enable the student to meet those postsecondary goals and annual IEP goals related to the student’s transition services needs. There also must be evidence that the student was invited to the IEP Team meeting where transition services are to be discussed and evidence that , if appropriate, a representative of any participating agency was invited to the IEP Team meeting with the prior consent of the parent or student who has reached the age of majority.”
(20 U.S.C (a) (3) (B))

6. The Student’s IEP…
“…must include appropriate measurable postsecondary goals based upon age- appropriate transition assessments related to training, education, employment, and independent living skills, where appropriate…”
§ (b)(1)
Blah blah

7. Transition Process Results of Age- Appropriate Transition Assessments
Measurable
Postsecondary
Goals
Present Level
Of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
Desired
Post-School
Outcomes
Transition
Services
(including
Courses of Study,
Activities, and
Linkages)
Annual Goals
and
Accommodations

8. Tri-State Transition Slide Guide
Self- Determination
Postsecondary
Education &
Training
Employment
Independent
Living