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[quote=Anonymous]In MoCo, there is a transition meeting between your ES and MS early in the calendar year.  I didn't know about this for my first child and didn't feel as though they did a good job in putting a plan together.  So, I requested an EMT for purposes of identifying everything that could have been put in place.  Then, I set about working with the MS to get things in place and was successful before the start of school.  With my second child, I requested that the transition meeting be held in conjunction with the IEP so that we had the entire team together.

Another thing we did was that during the last year of ES, the IEP contained goals that were designed to get my sons independent in MS.  For example, one of the goals was independent back pack management - in MS, no one is going to help your child pack his/her homework up to get it home.

Last thing I will say is that as a parent, the transitions were a lot of work at our house.  I worked with my kids to be independent and develop their own systems for success.  One of my kids developed a checklist that we laminated and he used each day in class to be sure he took care of everything.  He made a sign for our door that said "Turn In Homework" that covered the entire back door because he felt like he needed to see it right before he left for school.  After about six months, he no longer needed the checklist or the sign.  We also had to work on his binder - which is something that had also been an IEP goal in ES.

Neither of my kids had a grade drop or significant problems with the transition.  But, I worked very hard with them to make sure that didn't happen and the MS was really on board to help.  [/quote]

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