TRANSITION YEARS: How can we plan for life after high school? Is help available for that?
If you have a transition program in your high school, school personnel will help your child plan for work and living situations. It will begin with visiting some possible solutions and linking him or her to community resources and counselors. If you do not have a transition program, look into such programs in other areas. If you cannot create one in your school, talk with the people who have the programs, take your child to visit them, get ideas from them. This question and its answer should begin way before your child enters high school. Enlist the help of other parents and talk with school and community personnel. Remember to involve your child in all decisions.
