Experience the Impact of Student/Family Interviews & Positive Personal Profiles

Are you looking for a meaningful way to initiate transition planning for students this fall? Start with a Student/Family Interview and a Positive Personal Profile (PPP)! These tools help transition teams see the whole student—their strengths, interests, dreams, personality traits, and skillsets—through the eyes of those who know them best.

The process alone yields tremendous benefits:

  • Builds trust by collaborating with families.
  • Magnifies the student’s voice and holistic lived experience.
  • Highlights the student’s abilities before their challenges.
  • Sets a positive tone for IEP and transition planning.
  • Strengthens interagency teams.

Who benefits?

  • The Student
    • "I didn’t know all these people wanted to get to know me and help me!”
  • The Family
    • Everyone felt more connected through the family interview and when sharing the results of the PPP. Families said that more people were “on our team, trying to help [our child].”
  • The Transition Team
    • “We learned more in one hour with the family than we had in a year of meetings.”

These are just a few of the quotes we gathered during the Seamless Transition Pilot from participants who used the PPP and Student/Family Interviews. Consider implementing these tools and observe how they positively impact your transition team and planning process.

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Bonus Tips:

Join us for the “From Transition IEP Knowledge to Portfolio Application” webinar series. These trainings consist of six separate sessions, each lasting one and a half hours. They focus on the quality aspects of each section of the Transition IEP and how these sections relate to a quality transition portfolio. Each session will cost $35 and run from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm ET.

Upcoming dates:

  • October 22: Transition IEP and Transition Portfolio Intersections – Present Levels
  • October 29: Transition IEP and Transition Portfolio Intersections – Transition Assessments and Postsecondary Goals
  • November 5: Transition IEP and Transition Portfolio Intersections – Transition Services and Activities
  • November 12: Transition IEP and Transition Portfolio Intersections – Annual Goal Statements
  • November 19: Quality Transition Portfolio Format, Uses, and Examples
  • December 3: Transition IEP and Transition Portfolio Work Session Breakout Rooms

To register for these upcoming webinars, visit the INSTRC Training and Technical Assistance webpage.