Participants will be able to:

• Recognize the importance of quality student-centered transition planning and summaries of performance as required by IDEA and informed by best practices.
• Identify and administer age-appropriate transition assessments to collect data on individual students’ needs, preferences, and interests relevant to the personal and social contexts in which they may live, learn, and work.
• Involve individual students in data-driven development of appropriate measurable postsecondary goals, related transition services, and annual goals and objectives related to training, education, employment, and independent living skills.
• Use specific data collection tools to determine if students have made progress towards Transition goals.
• Involve individual students in data-driven development of summaries of performance that will serve as resources for postsecondary agencies to determine eligibility for programs and services to assist students with disabilities.