Why Person Centered Planning?
Transition planning reflects the student’s preferences, needs, interests and dreams. Students need to begin to understand and make choices about their lives. If students are not aware of their own needs and preferences, they will not be able to establish goals that are meaningful. Planning Transition services cannot be done in isolation but must reach beyond school boundaries and into the community. Planning must also reach beyond a student’s limitations to explore the student’s strengths, interests, and dreams. Transition planning is to: • help students and their families think about life after high school • identify long-range goals, and • design the high school experience to ensure that students gain the skills and connections they need to achieve those goals.
