Transition services are a coordinated set of activities designed to improve the academic and functional achievement of a student with a disability to facilitate the movement from school to post-secondary settings, including post-secondary education, vocational education, integrated employment, continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, and community participation. This website was developed for students, families, and staff to help plan for transition from high school to employment, further education, training and independent living. In Rhode Island, beginning at age 14, schools are required to invite students to participate in their annual Individual Education Program (IEP) planning meetings, including transition. The goal of this website is to ease and educate those participating in the transition process in a structured format. For more information or support, please contact Rachel Moree, Transition Specialist, at Rachel.Moree@ppsd.org. 

Find below our transition processes:

• Transition process for Middle School
• Transition process for 9th Grade
• Transition process for 10th Grade
• Transition process for 11th Grade
• Transition process for 12th Grade
• For our students on alternate assessment, Providence Schools has developed a Transition by Grade Checklist (click here for pdf copy).

Important Information and Resources for Families

Click on the links below to view important information and resources for families (the links will take you outside of ProvidenceSchools.org):
 

• Rhode Island Department of Education Transition Website

• Rhode Island Secondary Transition and Employment First Resources for Transition Planning

• Rhode Island IEP Guidebook

• Redesigned CDP Implementation and Resources

• Transition Programs Available in PPSD

• Transition Assessments

• Career Cluster Assessments

• Virtual Job Shadow/Pathful (contact Rachel Moree for access)

• I’m Determined Resources for Educators

• Rhode Island Youth Transition Workbook

• Employment and Employment Supports: A Guide to Ensuring Informed Choice for Individuals with Disabilities

• Lessons for Living, Learning, and Working: Project SEARCH Pre-Employment Curriculum

• Student-Led IEP Form

• Self-Determination Standards

• Life-Centered Education Transition Curriculum

• LAZO

• BHDDH IEP/CDP Meeting Notifications: To invite DDD to an IEP meeting for a student age 14-22 with an intellectual and/or developmental disability who has an IEP and CDP, please use this link.

• A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities. Revised May 2017

• RIPIN

• Creating Networks and Community Mapping Training Resources

• Pre-Employment Transition Services Sequencing Guide from Transition TN

• Mapping Assets for Postschool Success (MAPS) 

• Office of Rehabilitation Services (ORS) Transition Services

• PPSD Letter to Accompany ORS Referrals

• Benefits Planning Flyer

• Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH)

• Making the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities

• ORS Student Transition Brochure

• Rhode Island Career Pathways – Workforce On-Ramps

• CCAP’s Learn to Earn – Employment, Training, and Education Programs

• RIPTA Bus Pass - Card Registration

From RIDE: What Are Transition Services

Transition services means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that —

(1) Is designed to be within a results oriented process that is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the 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

(3) Includes —

(i) Instruction;

(ii) Related services;

(iii) Community experiences;

(iv) The development of employment and other post-school adult living objectives; and

(v) If appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and provision of functional vocational evaluation.

Transition services for children with disabilities may be special education, if provided as specially designed instruction, or related services, if required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education.  (RI Regulations 300.43)