Transition Planning

Scott Smith

Study Guide 4

Ch 4 & 11

Chapter 4

1. Transition planning works to prepare disabled people to adapt to life after high school by means of looking ahead and deciding what is best for them. Whether one intends to seek employment, or to access further education, planning for the future will help him or her accomplish his or her goal.

2. A student looking to further himself/herself will have to seek out transition services which will provide information, based on that individual’s personal needs, that he/she will need to know to live and work in the outside world. This type of service is required under IDEA, and begins at age 14.

For teachers, parents, and those working in adult services, shouldering the responsibility of aiding the disabled individual is required at this point. They help the individual by supporting his or her ideas for the future through information that will lead to the accomplishment of said goals.

3. The ultimate goal for all exceptional students after graduation is a smooth transition into the workforce, or, if they choose, a secondary form of education. Also the ability to have them take care of themselves would be ideal.

4. I made little-to-no plans for transition after I graduated High School, so, as I was trying to figure it out, I got a job working part time with a friend, and I just remained stagnant. As I began to watch my friends’ progress with their own lives, this inspired me to do the same. If I had received proper instruction during a young age I might not have wasted the time that has already been lost

Chapter 11

1. A communication disorder is a serious disruption of the language acquisition process. May involve irregular developments in understanding, or towards the expression of language (written or spoken). A communication difference is being unable to communicate based on prior learned language clashing between cultures

2. It is possible to have language without speech, but not speech without language. An easy example for language without