Transition to Adult Life Information

Parent Partnership Service Cheshire East offers information, advice and support on education matters for parents and carers whose children have special educational needs (SEN).  This information is for parents and carers who have a child in Year 9 with a Statement of Special Educational Need.   We hope this transition to adult life information pack will give you a clearer idea of what to expect when you are invited by the school to your child’s review this year. 

In Year 9, the Annual Review meeting to discuss your child’s Statement is called a Transition Review.  This time, as well as talking about progress over the past year and targets for the next, you and your child will also begin to look forward to the future years until he or she leaves school.  It is an opportunity to begin to make plans.  Your views and those of your child will be a very important part of the discussions.  After the review your child’s school will send you a written Transition Plan, outlining the ideas you talked about at the meeting.  The Connexions Service will also work with your child in school, as the plan is reviewed each year. 

We know that children’s needs cover a wide range.  You may find some of this information is not relevant to your child, but we hope there will be something of interest to everyone. 

We would like to offer your child our very best wishes for success in the future.

Parent Partnership Service Cheshire East Items

We recommend that you read the following Parent Partnership Service leaflets from the Parent Partnership Service Leaflets page:

• About the Service
• Your Child's Transition Review

Also, please refer to the following:

• Parent Partnership Service Newsletters 
• Parent Partnership Service Transition Information Sheet (PDF, 1.26MB)
• Parent Partnership Service "Is your child taking GCSEs (PDF, 158KB)
• Parent Partnership Service "Transition Questions" (PDF, 155KB)
• Special Educational Needs Toolkit  Transition Planning (PDF, 70KB)
• Person Centred Planning (PDF, 139KB)

Connexions

• The Connexions website has a wide range of information for parents, carers and young people and leaflets to download.  You can also find your local Connexions service.

Transition Information Network ( TIN )

• The Transition Information Network support disabled young people in their transition to adult life.  They have information for parents, carers, young people and professionals.  They also produce "My Future Choices" magazine that can be downloaded from the Transition Information Network website.

Family Lives

• The Family Lives website has a section dedicated to teenagers that covers a range of topics such as boundaries, drugs, sex, health and school.

Contact a Family

• Contact a Family produce a leaflet "Preparing for adult life" which can be downloaded for free from the Contact a Family website.