Never Too Early to Start Preparing for Transition to Adulthood

Though it isn’t necessary to develop an actual transition plan and provide “services” for youth with disabilities in elementary school, self-determination and self-advocacy skills can be developed from a very early age. If you have a little one – or a “big” little one in elementary school – please consider joining us.

Preparing for transition to adulthood can include teaching self-advocacy skills early and often, promoting high expectations and career awareness for our children, and educating ourselves as to how to encourage our children to become confident learners – knowing how to ask for help when they need it.

Please join Robynn Gualtiere, San Jacinto Unified School District Transition Specialist, and WorkAbility 1 State Advisory Alternate Chair, will discuss:

– Brief history of IDEA’s (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) transition services

– Parent involvement in the transition process – starting from an early age

– Importance of teaching self-advocacy skills to our children and encouraging their participation in their IEP meetings

– How to promote career awareness and high expectations for our children


This is a Connections California event, a project of Parents Helping Parents – Silicon Valley. Connections California is in part sponsored by the San Andreas Regional Center and the California Department of Developmental Services.

#CCA #getanearlystart



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Parents Helping Parents, https://www.php.com/, supports and trains you to help your family members with a disability, including learning differences, chronic illness, mental health challenges, developmental or intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and more, at all stages of a person’s life.

PHP serves families in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey & San Benito counties in California. Multilingual staff is always available by contacting [email protected]. PHP is a non-profit 501(c)3 agency. Most services are free.

If you live outside the Silicon Valley area, there are similar parent centers in California and every state in the US. Find a parent center near you: https://www.parentcenterhub.org/find-....

Parents Helping Parents (PHP) is a nonprofit organization that provides information, training, individual assistance, and resources. PHP is not a law firm or legal service agency, and as such, the information contained in this video is provided to inform the viewer, but should not be considered legal advice. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.