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Transition Network Facilitator

Transition Technical Assistance Resources for Eastern Oregon

Parents

Eligibility for transition services

  • All students 14 - 21 years of age on an IEP are eligible for transition services. Only students that complete high school with a certificate of attendance, an extended or modified diploma can continue to receive Special Education/transition services until 21.
  • Transition Services are delivered to students through your local school district. If your child/student is on an IEP, a transition plan will be started at age 16. Students as young as 14 can begin a transition plan on their IEP if they want to begin a plan to work. If this is an option you and your student are interested in, please contact your special education teacher/case manager and request this plan be started in the IEP. It is a transition page in the IEP that can be added and started.
  • Transition Services should be student-centered and built on goals that are post-secondary, meaning that they are intended to be goals for the future after school in the areas of employment, education/training and independent living (where appropriate).
  • Annual goals should be built to scaffold and support post-secondary goals. They can be in each of the above 4 areas and address skills and content needed to move towards these goals.
  • Seamless Transition is a term used to describe a transition plan that includes agency partners and moves towards a work experience that may place the student in a paid work experience and eventual hire by the exit at 21, so the "last day of school looks like the first day of work".
  • If you have any questions about transition services and goals in the transition area of the IEP, contact your special education teacher/case manager, special education director, or your TNF: Email Lon Thornburg, phone 541-966-3162.

Other Family Support Services

State-wide:

  • FACT Family and Community Together has many online trainings, networks of parents and online resources. You can contact them at: FACT Oregon
  • Oregon Family Support Network (OFSN):
    State organization that provides training, resource in your area and state-wide news updates. contact: ofsn link.
  • Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities (OCDD):
    State-wide organization that works on state-level initiatives and legislation, parent training and partnering for change. Contact by clicking the link here.
  • WIN, Work Incentive Network - Benefits Management
    WIN Counselor at Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living, EOCIL is a free counseling service for you on benefits, employment and how this effects social security disability income (SSDI). The office is in Ontario, Oregon, and the contact is Jennifer Bonnell, email Jennifer Bonnell, Phone: (541) 8889-9167 or state-wide toll free call: (866) 248-8369
  • ABLE Savings Account:
    Students and adults with (IDD) intellectual/developmental disabilities can start a state-hosted ABLE savings account with tax incentives, online access, debit card, budgeting, etc. for more information go to: Oregon Able Savings
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