To increase participant’s knowledge of the transition process as outlined in the following Exceptional Student Educator Competencies revised in 2009:

  1. Identify activities relevant to the four stages of career development (i.e., awareness, exploration, preparation, and placement).
  2. Identify the essential domains of transition planning (e.g., personal-social, general community functioning, employment, leisure-recreational) for students with disabilities.
  3. Demonstrate knowledge of transition planning using student and family characteristics (e.g., socioeconomic status, gender, cultural and linguistic background) to develop desired postschool outcomes.
  4. Identify resources and strategies for assisting students in functioning in a variety of environments to which they will be transitioning.