Transition service
Transition services” if used with reference to secondary transition
means a coordinated set of activities for a student with a disability
that is designed within a results-oriented process that:
1. Is focused on improving the academic and functional
achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the
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child’s movement from school to post-school activities,
including postsecondary education, vocational education,
integrated employment (including supported employment),
continuing and adult education, adult services, independent
living, or community participation.
2. Is based on the individual child’s needs, taking into account
the child’s strengths, preferences, and interests and includes
instruction, related services, community experiences, the
development of employment and other post-school adult
living objectives and, if appropriate, acquisition of daily
living skills and functional vocational evaluation.
Transition services for students with disabilities may
be special education, if provided as specially designed
instruction, or related services, if they are required to assist
a student with a disability to benefit from special education.
“Transportation” includes:
1. Travel to and from school and between schools;
2. Travel in and around school buildings; and
3. Specialized equipment (such as special or adapted buses,
lifts, and ramps), if required to provide special transportation
for a child with a disability.
“Traumatic brain injury” means an acquired injury to the brain
caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial
functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that
adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Traumatic
brain injury applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in
impairments in one or more areas, such as cognition; language;
memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment;
problem-solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities;
psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing;
and speech. Traumatic brain injury does not apply to brain injuries
that are congenital or degenerative, or to brain injuries induced by
birth trauma.
“Travel training” means providing instruction, as appropriate, to
children with significant cognitive disabilities, and any other
children with disabilities who require this instruction, to enable
them to:
1. Develop an awareness of the environment in which they live;
and
2. Learn the skills necessary to move effectively and safely from
place to place within that environment (e.g., in school, in the
home, at work, and in the community).
