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Transition Planning Inventory
Gary M. Clark and James R. Patton
The Transition Planning Inventory (TPI) is an instrument for identifying and planning for the comprehensive transitional needs of students. It focuses on the major transition planning areas for which planning typically occurs. It is designed to provide school personnel a systematic way to address critical transition planning areas that are mandated by the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and that take into account the individual student's needs, preferences, and interests. The Administration and Resource Guide includes an overview of the instrument; background information on transition planning and assess-ment; detailed administration procedures; guidelines for interpreting and using the results of the TPI, including three extensive case studies and eight mini case studies; and information regarding the technical features of the TPI. The Administration and Resource Guide also contains a blackline master of the planning notes form, the principal document used for moving from assessment to individualized planning. In addition, it includes an extensive list of over 600 transition goals that are correlated to each planning statement, a comprehensive resource list, and other transition-related materials.
By design, the TPI can serve as the main vehicle for identifying transition needs, complement existing procedures, or lead to more detailed assessment. The most important outcome is to identify transition needs regardless of methodology; develop necessary plans; and act on resultant goals. Although the TPI can be applied in any fashion that is appropriate to a given local education agency, we recommend the following sequence of activities in using the TPI:
- Students, parents/guardians, and school-based personnel complete the appropriate form of the inventory.
- A school-based person collects the completed forms and profiles the results on the profile form.
- All parties meet to discuss the student's transition needs. This is accomplished by reviewing the profiles, leading to the identification and prioritization of areas needing attention.
- At the meeting, school-based personnel fill in the planning notes form for targeted areas. Such action provides a systematic way of identifying additional assessment that may be required, knowledge/skills goals that need to be written into the Individualized Education Program, and specific linkage activities with postschool agencies and services that will be required upon exiting school.
Complete TPI Kit includes Administration and Resource Guide, 25 Profile Forms, 25 School Forms, 25 Home Forms, and 25 Student Forms all in a sturdy storage box. (1996)
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