Thursday, November 6, 2014

How can you prepare to address transition for students who are Deaf/HH?

I feel like you can do many things to prepare for transition. The first thing you want to do is educate your self on the process you must abide by according to the state. So knowing when the transition plan needs to be set, what you should have completed at different stages of the child's education, the assessments you need to administer, etc. The next thing is to talk to the student and their family about their dreams and expectations. After that it is our job to help the student gain exposure and experience to what they want to do after high school and gain any skills that will help them prepare for that job/school. There are a lot of transition resources our there to help the students understand how to go about applying for jobs, going to college, advocating for themselves, etc, that we should be exposing them to early on.


What do you think is important for students to learn as they prepare to graduate?

I think it is important to learn how to be independent and how to advocate for themselves. Once they get out into the real world they need to be able to do things for themselves because there won't be anyone checking to make sure they get their job done or make doctors appointments, etc. I also think it is important for them to know all of their options and that they can set high goals for themselves. Having a positive sense of identity is so very important when preparing any child to graduate and go out into the real world. They need to know that they can be successful they just have to work for it.

If they are going on to the work force they need to have a good financial knowledge foundation, know how to pay bills, go grocery shopping, etc. If they are going on to college they need to know how to ask for help, where to go to get services, how to study, how to grocery shop, and navigate around campus.

There are so many things all children need to know when facing the real world, how much, how little, and what types of things you share with them will be unique to their individual goals, desires, and situations.

2 comments:

  1. I like the first step you take in the process of transition: educating yourself. This is very important to do because we want to make the best decisions and know all possible options. Transition is a process and we need to make sure we take all the steps accordingly to benefit our student the most. You mention a lot of good things to take into consideration when going through this process. I also like how you mentioned keeping the parents and student involved. It is very important that they are a part of this process because they will make the ultimate decision on what the future holds. It is important for us as teachers to provide as much information and experience as we can for our students to help prepare them for their transition.

    I think independence and self advocacy skills are essential to have. You make a lot of good points. The goal for these students to let them be on their own one day and do things for themselves and we want to do everything we can to make that possible. Like you said positive attitudes play a large part of being successful. Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  2. I really like what you said about the importance of setting high goals and being independent. I think a lot of times people do not have high expectations for our students and that makes our students feel that they cannot accomplish the things that everyone else can. I think a huge part of our job is to teach our students that yes they can do everything that their peers are doing but they might just need to do it in a different way. This might be the most important thing that we can teach our students because what they think of themselves reflects in the rest of their lives.
    Good thoughts! I enjoyed reading your post!

    ReplyDelete