Transition Terms

Work that is based on a full or part-time basis for which an individual is compensated at a comparable rate and where the employee interacts with persons who are not disabled and that represent opportunities for advancement similar to nondisabled employees.

• Job coaching

• Competitive Integrated Employment

• Supported Employment

Age that a state sets for a minor to become an adult and assume legal responsibility for him/herself

• Age of maturity

• age of adulthood

• Age of majority

Diploma for students with the most significant disabilities, who are assessed with an alternate assessments aligned to alternate academic achievement standards.

• Alternate Diploma

• IEP Diploma

• Certificate of Attendance

Part of a student's IEP that deals with transition service goals and experiences,

• Alternate Pathway Program

• Individualized Transition Education Program

• Post-Secondary Planning Form

Planning that is centered on the interests, strengths, skills, and needs of the student or youth with a disability (i.e. MAPs or PATHs)

• Futures Planning

• Coaching

• Person-Centered Planning

Competitive integrated employment of employment where individuals are working on a short-term basis toward competitive employment that is individualized and customized to individual strengths, abilities, interests and informed choice.

• Supported Employment

• Special Employment

• Day habilitation

Services (e.g., rehabilitation counseling services; school social work; orientation and mobility services) the student may need as a transition service to support the student in attaining the projected post-school outcomes

• Transition Program

• Special Education Services

• Related Services

As assessment to determine a student’s strengths, abilities and needs in an actual or simulated work setting or in real work sample experiences

• Annual Review

• Functional Life Skills Assessment

• Functional Vocational Assessment