8th Grade

□ Meet with High School Teachers

Total Score:

□ Speak with case manager regarding high school courses

□ Begin to think about transition goals

□ Gather information about Freshman Orientation/Jump Start

9th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ College Prep Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Pre-vocational Assessment

□ Aspire Testing

□ Develop Disability Awareness/Activities

10th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ College Prep courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Aspire Testing

□ Post-Secondary Exploration

□ ACT Prep course

□ Pre-voc practice at home

□ 10th grade counselor meeting

□ Develop Resume

□ Continue to develop Disability Awareness

11th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ College Prep courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ ACT with or without accommodations

□ College visits

□ Exhibit self-advocacy skills

□ Update Resume

□ Career/College Exploration

□ Possible Job Shadow or Volunteer experience

□ Apply to DVR (if applicable)

□ Summer work experience

12th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score

□ Complete degree credits

□ Career driven electives

□ College Applications

□ Research and work with Disability services at college

□ Post-vocational assessment

□ FAFSA

□ Scholarship/grant applications

□ Summer Work experience

8th Grade

□ Meet with High School Teachers

Total Score:

□ Speak with case manager regarding high school courses

□ Begin to think about transition goals

□ Gather information about Freshman Orientation/Jump Start

9th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Pre-vocational Assessment

□ Aspire Testing

□ Develop Disability Awareness/Activities

10th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Aspire Testing

□ Post-Secondary Exploration

□ ACT Prep course

□ Pre-voc practice at home

□ 10th grade counselor meeting

□ Develop Resume

□ Continue to develop Disability Awareness

11th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning Checklist

Total Score

□ Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ ACT with or without accommodations

□ Exhibit self-advocacy skills

□ Update Resume

□ Career Exploration

□ Possible Job Shadow or Volunteer experience

□ Apply to DVR (if applicable)

□ Summer and/or part time work experience

□ Meet with Recruiter if Military Bound

□ Meet with School to Work Coordinator

12th Grade

□ Review transition goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ Complete Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ ASVAB (If applicable)

□ Develop Military Transition plan w/Recruiter (If applicable)

□ Possible Co-Op/Explore Post-Secondary Job Training

□ Consider Living On Your Own Course

□ Maintain employment

8th Grade

□ Meet with High School Teachers

Total Score:

□ Speak with case manager regarding high school courses

□ Begin to think about transition goals

□ Gather information about Freshman Orientation/Jump Start

9th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Pre-vocational Assessment

□ Aspire Testing

□ Develop Disability Awareness/Activities

10th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Aspire/DLM State Testing

□ Post-Secondary Exploration

□ ACT Prep course (if applicable)

□ Pre-voc practice at home

□ 10th grade counselor meeting

□ Develop Resume

□ Continue to develop Disability Awareness

□ Enroll in Vocational Skills Course

11th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning Checklist

Total Score:

□ Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ ACT/State Testing

□ Exhibit self-advocacy skills

□ Update Resume

□ Career Exploration

□ Possible Job Shadow or Volunteer experience

□ Apply to DVR

□ Summer and/or part time work experience

□ Enroll in Vocational Skills Course (if not take in 10th grade)

□ Continue Pre-voc practice at home

□ Determine need to apply for ADRC

12th Grade/18 years old

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning Checklist

Total Score:

□ Complete Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Consider Living On Your Own Course

□ At least 1 Job Shadow

□ At least 1 Volunteer Experience

□ Graduation Ceremony

□ Begin Adult Checklist

□ Explore Guardianship or Power of Attorney

□ Apply for SSI

□ Obtain State ID or Driver's License

Post Graduate Years (Age 18+)

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning Checklist

Total Score:

□ Enroll in Community Living Courses

□ Work experience (Paid or Unpaid, may not be final job)

□ In School Independent Living Practices/Courses

Transition year (May overlap with post-graduate years)

□ Job Development

Total Score:

□ Paid employment

□ Parent/Teacher Job Development Training

□ Further Discuss Transition Goals

□ Living post high school

□ Hours of employment

□ Post-Secondary Training

□ Transition team forms (meet quarterly)

□ Exit from high school (receive diploma)

8th Grade

□ Meet with High School Teachers

Total Score:

□ Speak with case manager regarding high school courses

□ Begin to think about transition goals

□ Gather information about Freshman Orientation/Jump Start

9th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Pre-vocational Assessment

□ Aspire/DLM Testing

□ Develop Disability Awareness/Activities

10th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning checklist

Total Score:

□ Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Aspire/DLM State Testing

□ Post-Secondary Exploration

□ Pre-voc practice at home

□ 10th grade counselor meeting

□ Develop Resume

□ Continue to develop Disability Awareness

□ Enroll in Vocational Skills Course

11th Grade

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning Checklist

Total Score:

□ Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ State Testing

□ Exhibit self-advocacy skills

□ Update Resume

□ Career Exploration

□ Possible Job Shadow or Volunteer experience

□ Summer and/or part time work experience

□ Enroll in Vocational Skills Course (if not take in 10th grade)

□ Continue Pre-voc practice at home

12th Grade/18 years old

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning Checklist

Total Score:

□ Complete Required Courses

□ Career Driven Electives

□ Consider Living On Your Own Course

□ At least 1 Job Shadow

□ At least 1 Volunteer Experience

□ Graduation Ceremony

□ Begin Adult Checklist

□ Establish Guardianship or Power of Attorney

□ Apply for SSI

□ Obtain State ID or Driver's License

□ Apply for Long Term Support with ADRC

Post Graduate Years (Age 19-20)

□ Review Transition Goals/Planning Checklist

Total Score:

□ Academic Career focused courses

□ Enroll in Community Living Courses

□ In School Independent Living Practice/Courses

□ Determine and Document support needs

□ ADRC classification

□ Work data

□ Vocational evaluations

□ Job Development

□ Possible paid employment

□ Parent/Teacher Job Development training

□ Schedule Health and Wellness practice

□ Continued Independent Living Practice

□ Apply for DVR services

□ Further discuss transition goals

□ Living post high school

□ Hours of employment

□ Post-secondary training

Transition Year (Age 21)

□ Develop work schedule (fulfill IEP goal)

Total Score:

□ Post-Secondary Training/Course

□ Transition schedule out of the building (i.e. riding bus, YMCA)

□ Transition team forms (Meet every 6-8 weeks)

□ Exit from high school (receives diploma)

8th Grade

□ Meet with High School Teachers

Total Score:

□ Speak with case manager regarding high school courses

□ Begin to think about transition goals

□ Gather information about Freshman Orientation/Jump Start

9th Grade/10th Grade

□ Review transition goals

Total Score:

□ Academic Career and Independent Living focused courses

□ Physical education/elective courses

□ Community Acclimation

□ Group service learning +1 volunteer experience

□ Pre-vocational Skills

□ State Testing

□ Physical education/elective courses

□ Discuss Transition Goals

□ Parent long term support training (Determine exit yr)

11th Grade

□ Academic Career and Independent Living focused courses

Total Score:

□ Visual Resume

□ Physical education/elective courses

□ Possible job shadows (career exploration)

□ Begin Guardianship planning

□ 1+ Interest Based volunteer/job shadow

□ Implement independent living practice

□ 100% community participation

□ Determine transition goals/training needed

12th Grade/18yrs old

□ Academic Career and Independent Living focused courses

Total Score:

□ Complete Degree credits

□ Graduation ceremony

□ 3 yr. Re-evaluation to document support needs

□ Begin Adult Checklist:

□ Establish Guardianship by 18th Birthday

□ Apply for SSI

□ Apply for DVR (If employed)

□ Obtain State ID

□ Apply for Long term support with ADRC

□ Work experience (Paid or Unpaid, may not be final job)

□ Course work on Independent living skills (banking, budgeting,

allowance, spending, personal hygiene)

Post Graduate Years (Age 19-20)

□ Determine and Document support needs

Total Score:

□ ADRC classification

□ Work data

□ Vocational evaluations

□ Job Development

□ Possible paid employment

□ Parent/Teacher Job Development training

□ Schedule Health and Wellness practice

□ Continued Independent Living Practice

□ Apply for DVR services

□ Further discuss transition goals

□ Living post high school

□ Hours of employment

□ Post-secondary training

Transition Year

□ Year six courses

Total Score:

□ Develop work schedule(fulfill IEP goal)

□ Transition schedule out of the building (i.e. riding bus, YMCA)

□ Transition team forms (Meet every 6-8 weeks)

□ Exit from high school (receives diploma)