Planning for Life After High School
A 1-1.5 hour workshop for parents. Introductory level, will cover:
- What is transition planning?
- When and how planning for life after high school is addressed in the IEP.
- How parents and students can be involved in the planning with the special education process.
Prerequisites: none
Self-paced online option
You can do this workshop as a self-paced online course that takes about one hour to complete, from the NH Parent Information Center It is a narrated PowerPoint presentation with video commentary by parents and interactive self-quizzes.
Materials
- PowerPoint with presenter notes, PPT, 43 slides
- PowerPoint with presenter notes, PDF, 43 slides
- PowerPoint slides handout, PDF, three slides to a page, 15 pages
- Pre-assessment, PDF, 1 page
- Sample IEP (blank), PDF, 14 pages
- Terms and acronyms list, PDF, 2 pages
- Sample Summary of Performance, PDF, 1 page
- Post-assessment, PDF, 1 page
- Post assessment answer key, PDF, 1 page
Course outline with timing
Topic | Time | Handouts |
---|---|---|
Introductions, pre-assessment, review agenda (slides 1-4) | 10 min | |
What is Transition? Parent feelings (slides 5-10) | 12 min | None |
Importance of student involvement. Course of Study (slides 11-16) | 11 min | |
Transition assessments, measurable postsecondary goals, present levels (slides 17-26) | 15 min | |
How course of study and postsecondary goals relate to transition services. Annual goals. How transition planning fits into the IEP (slides 27-37) | 14 min | |
Age of majority, summary of performance (slides 38-39) | 5 min | |
Wrap up (slides 40-43) | 7 min |
Updated 4/11/22

Alphabetical List of Webinars & Workshops
- Create Alternatives for Academic Credit Inside and Outside School
- Develop and Sustain ELO Programs
- Engage Students & Families in Transition Assessment and the Student-Led IEP Process
- Essentials of Full Implementation
- Learning Outside the Classroom
- Listening to Your Child’s Voice While Building Independence
- Planning for Life After High School
- Promoting Family/School Partnerships
- Sustaining RENEW Implementation
- Teaching Self-Determination to Students with Disabilities
- Transition Assessment: Know the Options & How to Use Them