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Prepare for my IEP meeting
✓ Think about what I want to do for a job when I am done with high school and why.
✓ Talk to my teacher and parent/ legal decision-maker about my strengths, preferences and interests and possible post-school goals.
✓ Talk to my teachers about who (DVR counselor, Family Care or Partnership IDT staff, IRIS Consultant, CLTS care manger, behavioral health provider, etc.) should attend my IEP meetings and why it is important to me that they attend.
✓ Obtain agencies contact information from my teacher.
✓ With the help of my teacher and parent/ legal decision-maker invite my transition team members to my IEP meeting.
Participate in my IEP meetings
✓ Help organize and run my meetings.
✓ Ask questions.
✓ Share my thoughts and be part of the discussions occurring.
✓ Talk about my interests and what I would like to do when I am done with school.
✓ Develop my post high school goals
✓Determine what I can do now and, in the future, to achieve those goals.
Work towards my Goals:
✓ Complete activities that I agree will help me achieve my goals.
✓ Work with my personal contacts to help me achieve my goals.
✓ Ask questions to make sure I understand my options and what I need to do next.
✓ Apply for programs, services and/or supports that will help me achieve my goals.
✓ Ask for assistance if I need help with any part of the transition process. Participate with programs to help me achieve my goals, including volunteering, job experiences, interviewing, job shadowing and more.
✓ Make progress towards goals I have set for myself.
✓ Communicate significant changes in my life that may affect my goals and services to my transition team.