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The Notebook Margaret Fairbanks, Co-Founder & Chief Education Officer The Notebook Margaret Fairbanks, Co-Founder & Chief Education Officer

Summer + Transition

Providing some daily structure can help your autistic student have a happier transition to summer. Here are some ideas to get you started.

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The Notebook Margaret Fairbanks, Co-Founder & Chief Education Officer The Notebook Margaret Fairbanks, Co-Founder & Chief Education Officer

The Transition Plan: What is it? And why does it matter?

Transition. It’s a simple word that can be applied to so many things. Transition to and from work, from grade school to middle school, from puberty to adulthood. As a special education teacher, I’d like to call attention to something that often gets overlooked or is an afterthought in many IEP meetings - the Post Secondary Transition Plan, or PTP for short.

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