Transition Programs For Students Who Are
Deaf/Hard Of Hearing Or Blind/Visually Impaired

Welcome to the CSDB Transition Program web page. 

At CSDB, we strive for students in the Transition Program to have the knowledge, skills, motivation and/or support to better themselves in order to be as responsible and independent as possible by maximizing their potential in the following:

  *Vocational/Education          *Life Skills
  *Recreational/Leisure            *Social/Emotional
  *Self Advocacy
                         
These will be measured by improvements towards goals established in the individualized transition plan (ITP).

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The following six target areas for the Transition Program include desired outcomes for student achievement:

Assistive Technology
Post-Secondary Education/Training
Independent Living Skills
Work Preparedness
Work Experience
Transition to Life                                             

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Staff in the Transition Program include four teachers and three para-educators who work as job coaches.  These staff teach nearly 40 students, though for the 2007-2008 school year, we anticipate 50 students enrolled in the Transition Program.

Unique in the State of Colorado, the Transition Program provides outreach services, community-based services, and residential services.  Involvement in the Transition Program may include classes on the CSDB campus or at the local community college, employment, and/or on-the-job training in the Transition students' home districts.  In addition, some students attend 4-year colleges throughout the country. 

The Transition Program at CSDB is open to any student who is deaf/hard of hearing or blind/visually impaired, and who has completed high school graduation requirements but has not received a diploma.  The student must have an active Individual Education Plan (IEP), transferable to CSDB.

For more information about this program, please contact:
Lou Tutt, Principal School for the Blind
and Supervisor of Transition Programs

To register for the Transition Program, please contact:
Jon Vigne, CSDB Special Education Director
 

 

Links to Adult Service Agencies:

 

 Please e-mail any comments, suggestions or problems to: mailto:dcovington@csdb.org