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What is Post-Secondary Transition?

As students and youth with disabilities prepare to transition to adult life, post-secondary transition is an important step in preparation to moving to that end.  Early planning is paramount in ensuring our students are prepared with the information, services, and supports necessary for them to achieve their goals.  Transition planning is a vital element of each student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) and aims at creating the structures and resources so the option to further their education, pursue employment, or live independently is a choice the student themselves gets to make.  Post-secondary success happens not by accident, but through comprehensive planning.  

The Ohio Department of Education provides information on post-secondary transition and workforce development for students with disabilities on their website. This site contains many resources for those interested in learning more about transition and workforce development. 

The State Support Team Region 5 team is committed to assisting districts, students, and their families with the secondary transition process. Please reach out to us with questions or if you need support.  


5 Things to Know: Secondary Transition
Alex Corwin with the Ohio Department of Education and Chris Filler from the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence explain five things to know about planning for students with developmental disabilities who are transitioning out of high school.

Transition Tidbits (Fall 2022)

Transition Tidbits January 26, 2025

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January 13, 2025 Transition Tidbits

January 13 Engagement, Engagement, Engagement 


We all know the importance of engagement but it is one of the most difficult things for us to master in our classrooms. This is probably even more of an issue with our older transition-age students. Check out this article that discusses this struggle in K-12 schools for our Gen Z Students. The article is full of good points but check out the third chart. It shows that students are most excited when the topic is exciting and interesting. Below are three resources from Ohio Means Jobs that can do just that, make transition planning exciting and interesting. 

  • We always talk about the main objective of transition planning, which is to build our students ' determination skills. This is a great tool to do just that. Students are asked several pages of easy-to-answer questions about different scenarios. Once students finish they get a report that not only discusses their personality but also aligns that to career paths. This can be a great transition activity for employment or independent living to help students know themselves better and what careers fit their personality. 
  • This is a cool tool. Students can search by industry or even just keywords if that is what they know. For example, they can type in build houses and click search. The website will then give you all the careers associated with those keywords. Once you get the results you can see which are in demand. You can also go in-depth for each career. Another great feature is that you can choose 2 careers and then compare them. All of these activities can be great transition activities. 
  • Check out the video below for a more in-depth look.
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January 6, 2025 Transition Tidbits

Check out the video below for one highlight of each tidbit 

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