Transition Timeline

  • When a student with a disability turns 12 years

    When a student with a disability turns 12 years old, an Age Appropriate Transition Assessment and Career Plan must be completed and reviewed at a CSE meeting each year until the student graduates with a diploma or exits high school. 

    The Age Appropriate Transition Assessment and Career Plan connect learning experiences across subject areas. The New York State Career Plan records attainment of knowledge and skills. It documents a history of achievement that the student builds from elementary school to high school. The Career Plan design has also incorporated a transition planning process that is highly desirable for all students and required for students with disabilities.

    Age Appropriate Transition Assessment and Career Plan includes input from:

      • The Student via an interview to determine interests, needs, preferences, skills and abilities
        • A member of the Transition Planning Team may use a verbal interview, written interview, picture icons to touch and point or other assessment tools based on the student's ability.
      • The Parent/Guardian.  This is completed in the parent/guardian's preferred language in a conference call, written form or in person.
      • Teachers through the use of the Career Assessment.

    When a student with a disability turns 15 years old

    When a student with a disability turns 15 years old, the Committee on Special Education (CSE) will discuss transition, ensuring it is embedded in the Individual Education Program (IEP) and at every annual review meeting thereafter. Students must be invited to the CSE meeting when transition services may be discussed. The IEP that goes into effect during the school year in which the student turns 15 must include specific transition planning information on the career assessment, the post-secondary goals and the coordinated set of transition activities.

    Graduation or Reaching Age 21

    Students with IEPs are entitled to receive a Free Appropriate Public Education and may attend school until they graduate with a diploma or until the end of the school year in which they turn 21. During your child's final year of high school, you should receive a Student Exit Summary. The exit summary will include information about your child’s abilities, skills, needs and limitations.