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Transition
Planning
Supported Employment Agency
•Specializing in job placement for over 25 years
•Innovative, successful programs
•Ohio DD Certified & Award-winning staff
•CARF Accreditation

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“Transition Services”
 Theterm transition services is defined as a
coordinated set of activities for a child
with a disability that:

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 Isdesigned to be within a results-oriented
process, that is focused on improving the
academic and functional achievement of the
child with a disability to facilitate the child’s
movement from school to post-school
activities, including
 post-secondary education
 vocational education
 integrated employment (including supported
employment)
 continuing and adult education
 adult services
 independent or community participation

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 Isbased on the individual child’s needs,
taking into account the child’s strengths,
preferences, and interests
 Each student must have included in the IEP
appropriate measurable post-secondary
goals based on age appropriate assessment
related to:
 Training
 Education
 Employment, and where appropriate
 Independent living skills
 The transition services (including courses of study)
needed to assist the child in reaching those goals

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What does a Transition
Coordinator do?
 Workswith Local District Coordinators and
Special Education teachers to assist students
who will be transitioning from school to adult life
 How???
 By providing information and referral services
 By attending IEP meetings
 By assisting in planning and placement decisions
 By coordinating and assisting with Transition Fairs
 By organizing summer work opportunities for high
school students

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Transition Partnership
What do we mean?
 PersonnelPlus
Transition Services are provided to
compliment the services the high school is
already providing
and related services, community
 Instruction
experiences, development of employment and
vocational evaluation
 All of these activities are coordinated based on
the student’s individual needs

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Transition Partnership
 Working in close collaboration with families and
all related professionals who can assist
 Everyone has the same goal: to prepare the
student for the adult world of community life
and work.

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Collaborative Service
 Why bother with PersonnelPlus?
 Most students need extra assistance to help them
transition to meaningful adult roles
 Plus, most will need assistance to maintain those roles
 No one service provider can do it all
 Together we create efficient service delivery
 We are optimizing all our resources, and providing
students with a wide variety of options
 Collaborating helps expand what you can do
 Together we can ultimately create better outcomes for
the student
 Collaboration facilitates achievement of transition
goals

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Entitlement versus Eligibility
A student is ENTITLED to services from school
for as long as he/she is in school
A student must be found ELIGIBLE for
services after high school
 PersonnelPlus can help answer questions
about:
 Where to go
 Application processes and appointments
 How to appeal adverse decisions

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Transition Timeline

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Transition Timeline

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Transition Timeline

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Strategies
for Successful Transition
 Start early! Encourage students to apply for County Board
Services as soon as possible in order to be placed on the
waiting list.
 The student should be driving the goals, wants, needs,
and actively participate in the entire process
 Help the student and the teams have an awareness and
understanding of strengths and limitations
 Help parents buy into the outcome of the plan and the
student becoming employed
 Attend special events (transition fairs, job fairs, summer
employment, etc.)
 Good collaboration with all persons and community
organizations who are involved with the student

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Community Collaborations
 PersonnelPlus
 County Board of Developmental Disabilities
 RSC-BVR and BSVI
 Rehabilitation Services Commission–Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
 Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired
 Mental Health Agencies
 Children Services
 Job and Family Services
 Social Security Administration
 Juvenile Court System
 Community Action
 Residential Living and Foster Care Networks

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For Community Job Placement and
Supported Employment
 Initiative and desire to work
 Motivation
 Managing constructive criticism
 Following directions
 Anger management
 Staying on task
 Meeting productivity standards
 Good attendance
 Good hygiene
 Employers are going to expect certain
work related skills from all of their
employees regardless of the presence or
absence of a disability.

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PersonnelPlus Services
 Job Shadowing
 Job Sampling
 Personal Adjustment
 Work Adjustment
 Job Development
 Referral/Intake/Job Development
 Placement/Job Tryout
 Training Assistance
 Follow Along
 Job Seeking Skills Class

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Business Partners
Personnel Plus currently has clients who are
employees of the following:
Ambassador Laundry I.D.S.
Arnold Financial Service Kroner’s Animal Clinic
ATCO Janitorial Premiere Video
App. Behavioral Healthcare Sechkar
Beacon Janitorial United Methodist Church
Carpenter & Associates WASCO

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Where to begin?
 Youmay refer a student for transition support
from Personnel Plus by filling out a referral form
 We will then contact the student and begin working
with him/her in collaboration with the school
 Referral forms can be obtained from the Personnel
Plus office or from Chris Stewart, via email or fax
 Parents,teachers, guidance counselors, and
other school personnel may refer a student who
is age 14 or older and has an IEP
 Students
over 18 years of age may refer
themselves

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Summer YOUTH
A summer employment program provided by
PersonnelPlus.
•During the months of June and July
•For anyone ages 16-21
•Must have an IEP (Individual Education Plan)
•Workers earn $7.30/hour
•Work 4 days a week (Mon—Thu), 8:00am—12:00pm
•Mondays are training days at Personnel Plus
•Tue, Wed, and Thu are work days at the job site
•Program is 6 weeks long

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Ask about
getting some
of these
posters to
display in your
school and
classroom.

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Contact Information
www.personnelplus.org
Chris Stewart
Transition Coordinator
(740) 592-3416 ext. 28
cstewart@athenscbdd.org