The Countywide Transition Coalition Monthly Meeting is scheduled for February 12, 2025 from 9am-11am at the WISD's TLC site.

Today's Transition Tip will feature the Zarrow Institute on Transition & Self –Determination from The University of Oklahoma. Zarrow Institute on Transition & Self-Determination through the University of Oklahoma continues to research and enhance their transition assessments. Zarrow Institute on Transition & Self-Determination is a go to for many for postsecondary transition assessments. Zarrow Institute on Transition & Self-Determination offers several transition assessments. Some assessments are free, and some charge a small fee. The following assessments are free and are located on the Zarrow Institute on Transition & Self-Determination website with instructions and background information, these assessments are also available on the WISD Electronic Forms/Materials website.

• ARC Self-Determination Scale

• Casey Life Skills

• Choice Maker Self Determination Assessment

The Zarrow Institute on Transition & Self-Determination also offers a couple of other Transition Assessments which require a fee. The Transition Assessment and Goal Generator has 2 different assessment offerings TAGG-High School and TAGG Alternate; for 9-12th and 18+ who do not anticipate competitive employment or attending postsecondary education options. The TAGG Assessments has a fee, the WISD has purchased some TAGG Assessments; if you would like to utilize them for your students, please email Kelly M Higgins or Joy Taylor.

• https://wisd.zoom.us/j/99008912734?pwd=9GGUDbr0jOWNkX4SRVu5n0uKsVXaLk.1
• Meeting ID: 990 0891 2734
• Passcode: 669019

Don't forget our monthly Countywide Transition Coalition Meeting for Washtenaw County Transition District Designees, WISD teachers, consultants, and service providers is held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 9am-11am at the Teaching and Learning Center.

Peer to Peer: Washtenaw County's Special Education Inclusion Coffee Conversation

Transition Law Night Workshop with Joelle Gurnoe-Adams Attorney at Law

Join us for discussion on:

• A Household of One
• Assisted Decision Making
• Securing Government Benefits
• Supplementing Government Benefits
• Community & Government Agency Supports & More!

Dates:

• January 15, 2025 11am-1pm (virtually)
• March 18, 2025 1pm-3pm (at 1819 S. Wagner Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 in Seminar 1)

Register via the WISD Workshop Link on the WISD website under staff

Need some assistance writing compliant IEP and appropriate PLAAFP statements and goals? Here is a great opportunity for you to receive training on these topics.

Professional Development you can attend:

· Interactive IEP Training: How to write a compliant IEP

· Creating PLAAFPs and Measurable Goals/Objectives

START Project: Transforming Transition Together(T3)

Early Interest Form

Applications for Summer 2025 open January 2025.

https://washtenawliteracy.org/

This Tuesday’s Transition Tip is a review to some and introduction to others. It is important as special education providers/case managers that we create structured and detailed postsecondary transition plans for our students. The Washtenaw County Post-Secondary Transition Manual is a guide to assist special education staff with creating complaint post-secondary transition plans. This guide contains a table of contents to help locate information quickly. The manual also gives insight on how not only to build a complaint transition plan but a quality transition plan. It includes links, videos, and an appendix to assist. Please take the time to read and review the Washtenaw County Post-Secondary Transition Manual.

Washtenaw County Post-Secondary Transition Manual

The WISD Transition Services website has an assessment library with FREE electronic forms/materials. Check it out!

Also the WISD has a lending library of assessment and curricula resources using the WISD Destiny Library.

Submit your student/staff/program/district Transition Triumphs to Joy Taylor or Kelly Higgins for possible inclusion in future Newsletters.

*When using student photos be sure to included photo release permissions.