Transition

What’s YOUR Pathway?

Using the Texas Transition & Employment Guide to Map Your Way to Adulthood

Moving from school into adult life is an exciting time that requires thoughtful planning and preparation.

Where will you work? What will you want to learn or study after high school? Where will you live? What kind of support might you need to reach your goals?

You may have already started thinking about what you want your future to look like. Pathways: The Texas Transition & Employment Guide to a Successful Life After High School for Students with Disabilities can help students and families explore those possibilities and plan for life after graduation.

You and your family can use this guide to:

★ Understand transition planning as part of your Individualized Education Program (IEP)

★ Plan for the transfer of legal rights when a student reaches age 18

★ Explore pathways to college, career and technical education, certification programs, employment, independent living and adult health care

★ Learn about financial support and resources available to adults with disabilities

★ Identify skills, experiences and activities you can work on now to help you reach your goals after high school

★ Connect with services and agencies that can provide support as you transition into adulthood

Where Can I Find the Transition & Employment Guide?

The current Texas Transition & Employment Guide is available through the Texas Education Agency.

English and Spanish versions of the guide are available online through the Texas Education Agency's Special Education Support website.

Texas Transition & Employment Guide — Texas Education Agency

Who Can Help?

At Hamshire-Fannett ISD, transition planning is a team effort involving the student, family, school staff and members of the student's ARD committee.

Our Transition & Employment Services Designee (TED) can help answer questions about transition planning and available resources.

If you would like a printed copy of the Pathways guide or have questions about transition services, please contact your student's ARD committee or the Hamshire-Fannett ISD Special Services Department.

Your future. Your goals. Your pathway.

Start planning today for the life you want after high school.