Effective Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities: A Collaborative Approach

Authored by renowned expert JoAnn M. Rae, this comprehensive guide is designed to empower aspiring special education teachers, special education teams, transition planning specialists, and school administrators to navigate the complex process of transition planning for students with disabilities.

The book’s innovative framework focuses on advancing student involvement and participation in their lives, even in the presence of severe sensory and intellectual disabilities, as well as multiple disabilities. It tackles unique, real-life scenarios often overlooked in other textbooks, including:

• IEP team disagreements
• Students with terminal illnesses
• Students with ill or overworked parents
• Students living in poverty

To maximize students’ self-determination, autonomy, goal-setting, and ability to achieve successful life experiences, the book provides:

• Research-based practices to promote student empowerment
• Strategies to integrate knowledge with practice, addressing real-life challenges faced by students and transition planning specialists
• Easy-to-replicate communication tools, such as sample letters to students and parents, to enhance collaboration
• Methods for teachers to effectively promote and increase student involvement and collaboration using structured and interactive interviews

Publisher: SLACK Incorporated
Publication Date: October 31, 2019
Language: English
ISBN: 9781630914981, 9781630914998

This comprehensive resource is an essential guide for educators and professionals seeking to create a supportive environment that fosters student participation, autonomy, and success in transition planning.