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Helping Parents Through the Transition Process
  1. Step Ahead at Age 3: A Guide for Families in Wisconsin
    This booklet is designed to assist families with making decisions pertaining to their children with disabilities’ transitions from Birth to Three services to Early Childhood Exceptional Education, Head Start, and other child care programs. Tips and checklists are provided for transition meetings, evaluation, Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings, and the process of putting the IEP into action. Also included are general developmental checklists and tips on questions parents and children may have throughout the process of change into new programs and services.

  2. Making Transitions Work for You
    www.birth23.org/Publications/birth523.pdf
    - An article from a Connecticut Birth to Three publication.
    This article is written for parents with tips and suggestions for anticipating and planning for transitions in our daily lives. The article is also written in Spanish.

  3. Transition Planning Conference: What can I expect?
    (PDF format, 58k)
    Attention Birth to Three providers! Here's a tool to use with parents during the transition process.

  4. www.yourlink.org/2004_spring/index.cfm
    The purpose of Your Link is to provide up-to-date, relevant information to professionals, parents, and others interested persons concerned with interagency intervention services to young children with special needs and their families.

  5. Transition Timeline Chart (PDF format, 20K) UPDATED 9/20/06
    A detailed walk through the transition process as a child moves from Birth to 3 to Early Childhood Special Education Services.


  6. Claire's Transition Story 
    (PDF format, 23k)
    The description can read:  Follow one little girl through her first years of life.  Learn how Claire and her family were supported throughout the early intervention process and as they transitioned from Birth to 3 to inclusive special education services at a local preschool.  You'll find links to helpful agencies and materials as you read.



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