Transition Instruction Guide

The Transition Instruction Guide provides middle- and high-school teachers interesting and engaging activities and resources to help students reach their transition goals. Lessons include interactive activities using the community, family, and Internet resources to involve students in real-world situations. The Guide aligns instruction directly with the 57 Transition Skills identified with the Transition Planning Inventory–Second Edition (TPI-2) or through any transition assessment.

Instructional activities are organized in the broad areas of Working, Learning, and Living and include eight topics within these areas—many linked to the Common Core State Standards. These links provide educators a means of achieving standards relevant to the school-to-adult-living transition process while connecting language arts and mathematics standards to real life. Transition instructional activities are organized as follows:

Working
• Career Choice and Planning
• Employment Knowledge and Skills

Learning
• Further Education/Training
• Functional Communication
• Self-Determination

Living
• Independent Living
• Personal Money Management
• Community Involvement and Usage
• Leisure Activities
• Health
• Interpersonal Relationships