1. The Role of the Paraeducator
in Transition
Planning for Life After
High School for Students
with Disabilities
Dr. Vickie J Mitchell

2. WHAT IS TRANSITION?
The
The Future
SPP
The
Law
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3. Federal Law
• “to be in effect when the child
turns 16” means age 15
• Think About: 15 or 8th Grade
• The Law tells us what the future must look like
• Transition services means a coordinated set of
activities…designed to be within a results-
oriented process…to facilitate movement
from school to post-school activities, including
postsecondary education, vocational
education, integrated employment,
continuing and adult education…”
• 34 C.F.R. 300.43(a)(1)
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4. SPP REQUIREMENT: INDICATOR 13
• Measurable postsecondary goals
• Coordinated annual goals
• Transition assessment
• Strengths and needs
• Coordinated activities
• Course of study
• Agency and the return to the
ARD/IEP Meeting
• Student participation
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5. INDICATOR 14
• What is it?
• Post-school follow-up study
• Field studies
• Students not employed and/or attending
college
• Lack of connecting connection to
employment and postsecondary
education prior to graduation (That
means application and acceptance)
• Lack of agency connections (just gave
parents info)
• Lack of transportation
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6. What is the future for students
with LID?
• Learning • Learning
about about Life
High After High
School School
High
Elementary • What School
happens
after high
school
Adults with LID
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7. How do we get to the future?
• One step at a time.
• Keeping expectations high.
• Training parents.
• Teaching practical.
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8. Don’t lose sight of the “goal”
 Don’t lose sight of
preparing for the
“future”.
 That is what education is
all about, regardless of
the cognitive level of the
student.
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9. BACKWARD PLANNING
Beginning with the
End in Mind
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10. How to Begin
 Well, what do you want your life
to look like after high school?
 What do you parents want for
you and what will they support?
 Adult Life
 Life Planning
 The Devil is in the Detail
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11. Considerations:
Postsecondary Goals
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12. Begin with the End
EXAMPLE
1
2
3
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13. Begin with the End
The elementary version…
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14. Pick a Need, Any Need
The elementary version…
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15. Pick a Need, Any Need
The secondary version…
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16. Pick a Need, Any Need
18+ or after high school version…
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17. ROLE OF THE PARAPROFESSIONAL
IN TRANSITION
Principal
Para
professional
Teacher
Everybody in the Recipe
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18. Let’s Talk
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19. Report to the Teacher
 Get a list of your job duties
 Ask what it will look like if you do
it correctly
 Confidentiality
 Becoming the best at what you
do
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20. ANALYZING SUPPORT NEEDS
Collecting
Data
Task
Analysis
Behavior
Talks
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21. Collecting Data
 Non-verbal students
 Ask questions and collect data
 Jello: do you want red jello?
 Toileting: do you need to be
changed?
 Use dignified language
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22. The Task Analysis
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23. The Task Analysis
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24. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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25. MPC Wiki Link
http://nrpc-
conference2012.wikispaces.com/
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26. THANK YOU
Dr. Vickie J Mitchell
Mitchell-Panter Consulting, LLC
vickie@mitchellpanter.com
936-494-9080
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