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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, Lon Thornburg at IMESD: lon.thornburg@imesd.k12.or.us; Phone: (541) 9663162.

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; jbonnell@eocil.org 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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