How to make preparation to leave school a more successful experience?

Preparing to leave school can be a scary time for many students with a disability, injury or illness and their parents/primary caregivers. 

Over the past 5 years I have coordinated two projects that have looked at how to make this preparation to leave school a more successful experience, for both the student and their support networks. 

So what have I learnt?

With both of these projects, I have reviewed national and international information about how to make this preparation more successful. 

I have also spoken with students, their parents/primary caregivers, staff from schools and agencies supporting this preparation, to find out what they need to enhance this preparation.  

It is clear that there is a simple framework that would help to overcome the barriers to successful preparation of disabled students leaving school.

The workshop looks at:

• The key findings of these projects.
• Some of the barriers to successful transition of disabled students leaving school.
• A simple framework for making this preparation to leave school a more successful experience.