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TRANSITIONSTRANSITIONS

LEARNING CENTER CONCEPTLEARNING CENTER CONCEPT

Presenters: Presenters:

Laurie DavidLaurie David

davidl@charemisd.orgdavidl@charemisd.org

Frank Schneider Frank Schneider

fschneider@charemisd.orgfschneider@charemisd.org

What Do You Want To Be What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?When You Grow Up?

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHYEDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Grades K - 6Grades K - 6

Common Core AcademicsCommon Core Academics

Grades 7 -12Grades 7 -12

Functional Academics Functional Academics

Career Exploration Career Exploration

Ages18 – 26Ages18 – 26

TransitionalTransitional

Skills Skills

ELEMENTARY K - 6ELEMENTARY K - 6FOCUSFOCUS

Academics: Edmark, EQUALS Math, Academics: Edmark, EQUALS Math, Science and Social StudiesScience and Social Studies

Communication: Matrix, PODD, PECSCommunication: Matrix, PODD, PECS

Social and Behavioral Skills: Integration Social and Behavioral Skills: Integration with non-disabled peerswith non-disabled peers

MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL 7 - 127 - 12FOCUSFOCUS

Functional Academics: Edmark, Functional Academics: Edmark, classroom token economies, Daily living, classroom token economies, Daily living, Career explorationCareer exploration

Transitional conversations at IEP’s: Transitional conversations at IEP’s:

ESTR IIIESTR III

ADULT 18 - 26ADULT 18 - 26

FOCUSFOCUS Asses interest and skills: Daily living, Asses interest and skills: Daily living, Employment, Community access, Employment, Community access, Recreation and Leisure Recreation and Leisure Connect with outside Agencies: CMH. Connect with outside Agencies: CMH. MRS, etc.MRS, etc. Define Post Educational Plan: Living Define Post Educational Plan: Living arrangements, Employment, Community arrangements, Employment, Community

AGENCY CONNECTIONAGENCY CONNECTION

Met with CMH, MRS, all the Workshops in Met with CMH, MRS, all the Workshops in our 2 ½ county areaour 2 ½ county area

Toured Sheltered workshopsToured Sheltered workshops Presentations on Self-Determination, Presentations on Self-Determination,

Housing options, servicesHousing options, services Coordinated Plans of Service with IEP’sCoordinated Plans of Service with IEP’s

LEARNING CENTERLEARNING CENTER

The ConceptThe Concept

To To exposeexpose our students to job skills associated our students to job skills associated with the various career pathways and community with the various career pathways and community opportunitiesopportunitiesTo gather data during the exposure of skills to To gather data during the exposure of skills to assess the need or interest for mastery learning assess the need or interest for mastery learning To share this gathered information over time with To share this gathered information over time with families and outside agencies to define and ensure families and outside agencies to define and ensure smooth transitions to adult rolessmooth transitions to adult roles

Module DevelopmentModule Development

Took information gained from our Took information gained from our workshopsworkshops

Teachers created lessons designed to be Teachers created lessons designed to be taught to masterytaught to mastery

Food service moduleFood service module Custodial moduleCustodial module Fine Arts moduleFine Arts module

EXPOSUREEXPOSURE

All Adult students are exposed to the All Adult students are exposed to the modulesmodules

Community outings are coordinated with Community outings are coordinated with the modules the modules

Student data is collected during each Student data is collected during each lessonlesson

Profile data is collected and placed in Profile data is collected and placed in each students transition portfolioeach students transition portfolio

TRAINING SITESTRAINING SITES

When data shows an interest or skill, on- When data shows an interest or skill, on- site training opportunities are createdsite training opportunities are created

Data is collected during on-site trainingData is collected during on-site training When individuals make the necessary When individuals make the necessary

progress a community job-training site is progress a community job-training site is createdcreated

Students train at these sites in a 2 week Students train at these sites in a 2 week rotationrotation

SHARINGSHARING

All the information gathered is shared with All the information gathered is shared with families and agencies for planning purpose families and agencies for planning purpose (daily living, employment, communication, (daily living, employment, communication, behavioral, academic, etc.)behavioral, academic, etc.)

Usually happens at IEP’s and Plans of Usually happens at IEP’s and Plans of ServiceService

Data helps to determine transitional options: Data helps to determine transitional options: Living arrangements, leisure, EmploymentLiving arrangements, leisure, Employment

DECISION MAKINGDECISION MAKING

Does the data support the need for a full Does the data support the need for a full or partial transition to adult life roles?or partial transition to adult life roles?

Determine needs and coordinate services Determine needs and coordinate services with families and agencieswith families and agencies

Develop transitional timeline and Develop transitional timeline and implementation dateimplementation date

Support and monitor Support and monitor

OUTCOME DATAOUTCOME DATA

Percentage of students graduating before Percentage of students graduating before the age of 26the age of 26 2011: 0%2011: 0% 2012: 66%2012: 66% 2013: 66%2013: 66% 2014: 66%2014: 66% 2015*: 75%2015*: 75%

*projected*projected

OUTCOME DATAOUTCOME DATA

Percentage of students returning for Percentage of students returning for educational services after graduationeducational services after graduation

2011- 2014: 0%2011- 2014: 0%

QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?

Laurie David Laurie David davidl@charemisd.org

Frank Schneider Frank Schneider fschneider@charemisd.org