Our interest as educators is to best prepare students to succeed in the endeavors they choose after completing high school. Our aim is for each student to live, learn, and earn as independently and successfully as possible upon graduation or exiting school. The goals of the transition planning process are to:
The Transition Department does not only work with our older students, but can support you as you apply for services outside of the school. We highly recommend beginning this process as early as possible to take advantage of the number of supports available to you.
Through OPWDD, you can access supports and services for your student that can help your family to support them to live in your family home; assistance for them to live on their own in the community of their choice; help if they want to work, take part in volunteer opportunities or other types of community involvement; and assistance accessing services they need to live their life, including connecting them to clinical or therapeutic supports. These services are incredibly important for your child as they begin to transition out of our program and the process can be lengthy.
You can learn more here: https://opwdd.ny.gov
The first steps to becoming OPWDD eligible are contacting a Care Coordination Organization and completing what is called the Front Door workshop. In Brooklyn there are three care coordination organizations available to you:
You can view the videos for the Front Door here: https://opwdd.ny.gov/access-supports/front-door-videos
There are a number of documents we will need to collect in order to submit the packet for approval including evaluations that I will request. If you would like us to submit a request for evaluations on your behalf, please reach out to Miranda Young for support at myoung28@schools.nyc.gov
Documents we will need to collect:
Other documents are sometimes requested by OPWDD, I will work with you and your selected CCO in order to ensure your packet is completed and we stay on track. If you have any questions at all throughout the process, always feel free to reach out.
If you would like to set up a meeting with our transition coordinator, Miranda Young, please fill out the below form and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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