Young Wrexham

Transition Planning

When a child has a statement of special needs a Transition Plan must be drawn up that brings together all the necessary information to plan for a young person‘s move into adult life.

• It should ideally be a time of creativity with great choices and mainly led by the young people and their families
• Transition should be based on the idea that young people with learning disabilities will live in inclusive communities
• Education and transition planning should encourage and support employment so that young people will have a place in their communities
• The drawing up of the Transition Plan must involve parents and other agencies with a major role in the young person‘s post-school life e.g. Social Services, Health Professionals, Careers Wales
• The Transition Plan must be reviewed annually until the young person leaves school
• Transition Plans should not only include post-school arrangements, they should also plan for on-going help in school as identified in the statement of special educational needs
• Transition is not about planning services, its about planning lives. There must be realistic outcomes for the young people that deliver real choices and opportunities