Teaching · Special Education

Put evidence under every postsecondary goal.

Add each transition assessment with the goal type it informs. The summary shows which goals rest on evidence, which still read like hopes, and what the meeting needs.

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The transition file

One file per student; copy it to a new date each year. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
Assessments sorted by goal type, the goals drafted, and the fixes before the IEP meeting.
Who it is for
Special education case managers, transition coordinators, school counselors and vocational rehabilitation liaisons.
Format
Browser form. One saved file per student and date; printed for the IEP team or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the New special education teacher kit ($39) and the Special Education toolkit ($99), and 2 more bundles. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
from the school to the next place
Drawn for this page. Transition goals are about life after high school, so the evidence has to come from the student and from places outside the classroom.

How to use it

  1. Start a file with the student’s code.
  2. Begin with the student: an interview about what they want.
  3. Add each assessment with what it showed and the goal type it informs.
  4. Draft each goal as what the student will do after high school.
  5. Copy the file to a new date each year and update it.

Start a transition file

The rules behind the file

What IDEA asks for

Beginning not later than the first IEP to be in effect when the student turns 16, or younger if the team decides, the IEP must include measurable postsecondary goals based on age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education, employment and, where appropriate, independent living skills, and the transition services, including courses of study, needed to reach them (34 CFR 300.320(b)).

Who is invited

The school must invite the student to an IEP meeting where postsecondary goals are considered, and take other steps to consider their preferences and interests if they do not attend. An agency likely to provide or pay for transition services is invited only with the consent of the parent or of the student who has reached the age of majority (34 CFR 300.321(b)).

Measurable goals

A goal is measurable when you can say, after high school, whether it happened: enrolled in a certificate program, working part time in retail, riding transit alone. Your state may add its own requirements.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.43 (transition services), 300.320(b) and 300.321(b).
  2. National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: the Collaborative (NTACT:C). Age-appropriate transition assessment toolkit.
  3. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities (2020 update).
  4. Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Career Development and Transition: transition assessment resources.

The example student is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.