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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 414 660 EC 305 886 AUTHOR Wehmeyer, Michael; Kelchner, Kathy Whose Future Is It Anyway? A Student-Directed Transition TITLE Planning Process. INSTITUTION Arc, Arlington, TX. Women's Educational Equity Act Program (ED), Washington, DC. SPONS AGENCY PUB DATE 1995-00-00 NOTE 311p. CONTRACT S083A30527 AVAILABLE FROM Arc National Headquarters, 500 East Border Street, Suite 300, Arlington, TX 76010. Guides PUB TYPE Books (010) Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. Communication Skills; *Developmental Disabilities; Goal DESCRIPTORS Orientation; Individualized Education Programs; Leadership; *Mild Mental Retardation; Participative Decision Making; *Personal Autonomy; Secondary Education; Self Advocacy; *Self Determination; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Student Educational Objectives; *Student Participation; Student Rights; *Transitional Prpgrams ABSTRACT This docment consists of a large student manual and a small 17-page "Coach's Guide" that has the same main title. The program covered is designed to help students with mild cognitive and developmental, disabilities to participate in the transition planning process. It explores issues of self-awareness and attempts to help students develop problem solving, decision making, goal setting, and small-group communication skills. Both the manual and coach's guide are organized by the program's 36 sessions. The sessions are grouped topically, including sessions on self-awareness, making decisions, utilizing community resources, setting goals and objectives, communication skills, meetings, and leadership skills. Each session section typically includes an action plan goal, introductory material, sample problems or examples from the lives of people with disabilities, and exercises to practice. (DB) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** 0 1/4o Is It Whose Future Anyway., A STUDENT-DIRECTED TRANSITI ON PLANNI NG PROCESS developed by rnichael wehrneyer, Ph.D. kathy kelc.hner, M.Ed. T h e Arc a national organization on mental retardation The Arc National Headquarters PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL IN MICROFICHE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA FOR ERIC 500 East Border Street, S uite 300 Office of Educational Research and Improvement COLLECTION SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Arlington, TX 76010 CENTER (ERIC) document has been reproduced as 2/This received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. 2 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 2A Points of view or opinions stated in this INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. an COPY AVAILVIDIE ANYMME2 WHOSE FUTURE IS IT A STUDENT-DIRECTED TRANSITION PLANNING PROCESS developed by michael wehmeyer, PhD. kathy kelchner, M.Ed. T h e Arc The Arc National Headquarters 500 East Border Street, Suite 300 Arlington, TX 76010 This material was developed with funding from the U5.Department of Education, Office of Secondary and Elementary Education through the Women's Educational Equity Act Program, Grant #5083A30527. @ 1995 The Arc National Headquarters. This material cannot be reproduced or distributed without permission from the authors. THE PROGRAM Introduction Whose Future Is It Allying) Where does this lead? Well, on the way Good question. to your future, it leads to you taking All you have to do is look around you. control of your IEP or transition planning meeting. Just think, today you here? You? Really, who's in charge don't know what one is and tomorrow Oh, you are? Well, it's hard to tell. you are leading one! Mainly because you're letting those Other peopte make all those school Most stuff in schools is written for decisions for you. teachers. This is DIFFERENT. It really Yeah, yeah... I understand. You're not is. You'll have to believe me. HONEST. This stuff, right here in your very own letting them, they're just doing it. And hands, is written for you to use. For you besides, that's their job...isn't it? I mean, to tell you what you need to do. they're paid to do that. Also, that's pretty boring stuff. You just put up with it and soon enough With this stuff, everything you do leads you will be done. And, hey, who wants to go to a meeting to one thing. You're going to take more where they talk about all the things you do wrong? so, it's not control in your school planning meeting. your fault or your problem 7777777 7777777 7777777 contra You. In charge. In Sorry, I fell asleep. All those excuses and stuff. Why? Good question. Because it's your future. You knew I was going to say You see, the problem here is that it's that, didn't you? Oh yeah, and because your future they're talking about. It's it's important. Yeah, yeah, I know...it's your future they are planning. It's your boring, it's someone future on the line here. I mean, else's job, those meetings arc shouldn't you be involved here? long Somewhere? Anywhere? It's your future. Can you think of anything more important to do one All right. Just for kicks let's say that you afternoon? Plan your own future. want to do something about this. Where Choose goals to work on. Tell people do you start? what you like to do, what you are good Right here. Just turn the pages. Read or at, what you don't like, what you are not listen to the words. Do the activities. good at. See how well you are doing. I didn't think so. Oh, and that stuff about Other People making your decisions. Well, it's not like you replace them and make I'm also an ear so I can listen. all your decisions. I mean, it doesn't In one way, I'm just you. work that way in real life, no way, no how. These Other People are folks Kind of like talking to yourself. And no who need to be helping you make one is going to think you're one taco short of a combination plate for doing it! decisions. Teachers. Parents. Friends. THE PURPOSE We're not going to kick them out. They control probably want you to take more You may ask yourself: tire dof making all anyway. They're "Self, why should I do this?" your decisions for you. Good question. Why should you spend So, why don't you your time going through JUST DO IT? JUST THE PROGRAM? your IEP. Yeah, right. and Well mean, what is I Lead JUMP IN THE PURPOSE? No work, no muss, no fuss, no sweat. It ain't that easy. Nothing ever is. There's MrtalLir are the real expert on stuff you've got to learn, things you have "5r4a1E.7! to work out. "srco-u- will get more from So how about it. Are you with me? You school if n52'c)1E7 help choose. You can let someone else make all those decisions for you or you can get choose 5512'falE3r3EL own with and take more goals. THE PROGRAM control. '52'01E7 have the right to make choices about "52'C)T.73EL Good. life. Oh, what's that? Who am I? X52' ©33 have the right to know '52"CO1E3DEL rights. szb If '5rfa33 don't let Other People want to know what -45E-4:::YE7 A mouth, nothing more. do after -452' C:k1E7 graduate, Well, that's not entirely true. how will they ever know? Let's look at these more closely. 2 EXTRA!! NEWS FLASH!! You are the real expert You have the right to on you! make choices about your life. THE PROGRAM will (UPI) you help figure and out people work Most (REM) talk about what you like harder when they choose and don't When you like. their work or what they are are done with THE PROGRAM Choices doing. can be you will know what you do about easy things like what best, where you might need to eat or what to wear and and some you what help, harder things like where to should work on to get where go to college or what job you want to be. You will apply make to To for. how learn tell Othe to you have to know choices, People you what want in you what and don't like You will learn your life. like, what you are good at how Leader be to at a so good and not what at, meetings about You you. you want and what you need. will learn how to speak up for yourself. You will get more from school if you help You have the right to choose your own goals. know your rights. people work Most (AP) You will learn about (U2) harder things for they your rights for transition really THE PROGRAM want. and school planning. You will help you learn skills learn your will rights speak up and tell to the planning about meetings. in your life Other People You will learn about your what you want to do as an rights and what is setting goals By adult. available for you to meet yourself and working for your goals as an adult. By toward those goals you will learning your rights you probably work harder and can more control get in learn more. your life. 3 important for you to lead your planning FUN FACT: Did you know that there is a meeting. Each part has a goal. You'll law that gives you the right to the learn more about goals later. support you need to learn, if you need it? This law is called the "Individuals with The 6 parts are: Disabilities Education Act," or just Getting to know '52-CYT.7 1. IDEA. You get these support services if 2. DIAKING DECISIONS you have any disability that makes 3. NOW TO @ET VW WOOD IgIgn, learning harder in some way. It is NC. 404 important for you to know your rights 4. COALS, ORiECtiVel AnD EI-E will let you under IDEA. THE PROGRAM FUZLRE learn some of these rights. From now (Or: I thought you COMMUNICATIN' 5. on, when I'm talking about IDEA, I'm said she said he said) just going to call it 1119E3DEI Thank you, Honorable Chairperson 6. 3LAJACIIXT. In each of these 6 parts there are things to do. Yeah, I have to admit it, is written for you to use THE PROGRAM kind of like lessons. on your own. But, Iley !!!! don't leave now. It's not But, that means that you have to make like that. Not like those other lessons. I sure that this happens. mean, these are things "IrC)1E7 do. In the end, you will win. You will end To help -se-001E73ELS30131m3E". up running your own planning meeting. You will get to work on things that you For '5rCYX3r3Eth. planning meeting. chose. How many lessons? Well, each section A little work, but worth it! has 6 lessons for a total of 01 lessons. Each lesson can be done in 1. hour. THE PLAN C:) minutes. of OK. Now you know 31600 seconds. THE PURPOSE Next, you need to know THE PROGRAM. about how you are going to do THE Now, you can do something that takes What, you ask, is less than one hour, can't you? I mean, THE PLAN PROGRAM. for that's not asking MO much to figure out THE PROGRAM? '5E-CYIE33EL future, is it? I mean, Good Question. you're going to spread this thing out over a long time. Total time, about I has 6 parts. Each part THE PROGRAM measly week. has a different subject. Each subject is 4 Your teacher, of course! days. I mean, that is her job. To get you ready 2910CII minutes. to leave school and be a huge success in 1414,COC3,0 seconds. life. I'll tell you why you need to ask your See, how can you pass on this once in a teacher to lend a hand as you go through lifetime chance? You see, there are a lot THE PROGRAM. of things about your school, your When you finish each part you will have transition planning, and your IEP that in your very own hands some you don't know about but your teacher information you can use at your very does. own planning meeting. That's the only And I don't "test" in THE PROGRAM. Oh sure, you'll learn. But, you need a really consider that much of a test. guide...a coach. Do you? There is a Coach's Guide that comes This explains to with I didn't think so. THE PROGRAM. your teacher how you are going to learn how to take more control over your education program. It lets your teacher GETTING STARTED know where she can help and what she needs to do to make sure that you get the OK. Are you with me? Great. One most out of more thing you need to do and we'll get THE PROGRAM. started. So, right now, go find your teacher and give her the copy of the Coach's Guide. You see, even though you are going to Ask her nicely if she will be your coach. be learning how to lead your IEP When you're done, we'll get started. meeting, you will still need someone to lend you a hand. .N.t).h.t) fifififi i)fifi Someone who has been around. Finished? Good. orneone who knows the ropes. Time to start. 5orneone who wants you to do well when you graduate. Turn the page...will you? 5 orneone who wants you to get out of her hair and not be in school forever. Who is this mystery someone???? r 5 THE PROGRAM Session 1 THE MEETINGS You will learn about the planning meetings where WHOSE FUTURE GOAL 1: people make decisions about your school program. OK, we were talking about planning meetings. See if you agree with this If you have been to one, think back on what happened. You can use the space sentence. next to The Thinker to jot down some of your thoughts, if you want. my transition planning "Before I LEAD meeting, I should know what it is." Who was there? Agree? I thought so! Did you know that every year there are planning meetings where people make decisions about your school program? What did they talk about? Maybe you did, maybe you didn't. Have If not, don't you been to one? worry....soon you will one! LEAD INE, 00110T: Every now and then you Who was the leader of the meeting? will see this symbol. This naked guy is called "THE THINKER". He's a statue sitting on a rock in an But, when ocean somewhere overseas. Did you say anything? he shows up, sittin' and thinkin', it means you can take a break and think too. Don't just skip over the parts where he shows up. Better thinking than So, when he shows up, writing, right? What did you feel about the meeting? slow down, stop and take a minute to really think about the question. 6 Don't see what they call your meeting on this list? OK, write this space: What do you think? Were you in name of my planning meeting: In control? charge? I don't know about you, but a lot of young people your age have said they felt pretty bad about the meeting they MOM EV: Every now and then you went to. They felt like Other People csoloo" talked about them. About things they didn't do well. Like math, or English. will see this symbol: This They also said they were bored. And called a "clapper" and you know what it ernbarrctssed. And glad when it was is used for...when a movie or television over. Sound familiar? show is being filmed, they snap the clapper down when it is time for the. It doesn't have to be that way. HONEST. actors to begin. When you see it in THE But first, you have to learn what these it will mean that there is some PROGRAM meetings are all about. So you can take action you will be asked to do. Charge. Take Control. clioloo° So, you ask, what are these meetings? Good Question. Don't know what they call your meeting? That's OK. But you First you need to know what they call need to go find out. Right now. Here is your meetings. Ever heard of any of where your coach comes in. Not your these? Check one if you recognize gym coach...the teacher you gave the it. Coach's Guide for to. THE PROGRAM Yeah, that person. They will tell you what you need to know. 3E3EXIF (Individualized Education Program) meeting See you in a minute.... J,fii, (Admission, O 43.3E11.312e- Got it? Review, Dismissal) meeting PrJr3P, (Individualized Transition Planning) Good. What's it called? meeting What a long, boring name. Anyway, O write it in the space where it said "name 3ED3E7111 (Pupil Evaluation of my planning meeting." That way you Team) will remember it later. I -a 7

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EXTRA!! NEWS FLASH!! You are the real expert on you! (UPI). THE. PROGRAM will help you figure out and talk about what you like and don't like. When you You will learn about your rights for transition and school planning. You will learn your rights about planning meetings. You will learn about your
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