Helpful Hints
According to Rivard et al. (2020), providing this to parents helps ease the transition from ending EIBI services into starting school.
What is information?
Something that changes or is not matched between school instruction and instruction delivered at home / in IBI services.
What is language?
This overarching legal framework sets the stage for all policies around special education in Ontario.
What is The Education Act?
This type of transition should be addressed before someone reaches adult age.
What are transitions from preferred to un-preferred, or known to unknown, tasks/situations.
This term defines what is realistic for individual goals regarding employment and independent living.
What is achievability?
An activity that all members of a transition planning team should participate in prior to, and during, and transition into school.
What are meetings?
A school penalty that could be increased if problematic behaviours continue to occur after transition into school.
What are suspensions?
This group of people decide on an appropriate classroom placement for exceptional students.
What is an Identification, Placement, and Review Committee (IPRC)?
Using this procedure helps teach transitions from high preferred to low preferred tasks.
What is the competing reinforcers procedure?
A document that may have more or less detail depending on the level of need of the person at the center of the document.
What is a transition plan?
Something a BCBA can do to support parents in this transition related to accessing supports and providing recommendations (one word).
What is advocacy?
Training around a particular topic that is perceived to be lacking for teachers supporting students transitioning from IBI.
What is training about autism?
This special education placement sees students remaining in their mainstream classroom for most of the day, with specialized instruction being provided outside of the classroom for some parts of the day.
What is regular class, withdrawal assistance?
These are three main purposes of transition planning for youth and adults.
What are teaching skills to make transitions easier, to help with demands of adult life, and reducing barrier-creating challenging behaviours?
People with disabilities have the option to participate in one of two of these types of work after school.
What is competitive employment and supported employment?
Targets that EIBI services could focus on in preparation for entry to school.
What are pre-requisite school readiness skills?
A lack of understanding or communication about this important school document can present as a barrier for parents.
What is an IEP?
This review of instructional efficacy is one thing that is not included in a student's IEP.
What is monitoring of teacher effectiveness?
This subjective term indicates how someone might measure success for individual adults on the autism spectrum.
What is a good outcome?
This key term defines what is often lacking in certain individuals with disabilities, preventing them from living away from home.
What is independence with safety and household skills?
This policy only applies to students with ASD regarding the implementation of ABA strategies for educational purposes.
What is PPM 140?
Learning to complete a list of chores during teenage years at home can help with learning to use this important document across settings and behaviours later in life.
What are schedules?
This is one example of how behaviour analysts can help someone learn how to navigate living spaces with minimal direct assistance from others.
What are environmental modifications?