Suggested Transition Activities for
"Community Experiences"
- Able to get to relevant community resources (health
care facilities, bank library, laundromat, postal
services, church, restaurant, hair stylist)
- Uses relevant community resources (health care
facilities, bank library, laundromat, postal services,
church, restaurant, hair stylist)
- Able to make and keep own appointments
- Able to identify appropriate resource for problem
solving
- Demonstrates appropriate social behaviors in
the community (tipping, asking for assistance, standing
in line, being quiet in relevant situations)
- Demonstrates an understanding of cost saving
techniques (comparison shopping, sale prices, discount
stores versus department stores)
- Able to get around in the community (driver’s
license/vehicle, public transportation, maps/schedules/asking
for directions)
- Develop a realistic plan for addressing post
secondary housing needs and demonstrates the ability
to secure housing (understands cost of different
types of housing, housing contracts, process of relocating)
- Has applied for residential services
- Able to understand purchasing options and pay
for large purchases in the community (credit cards,
loans)
- Demonstrates an understanding of basic insurance
needs and where to purchase coverage
- Finds specified areas with his/her own school
and neighborhood
- Understands relevant community signs (Men, Women,
Do Not Enter, Danger)
- Accesses services and items which have a constant
location (restrooms, classrooms, school, ordering
counters, ticket booths, bus stops)
- Selects and orders his/her own food in restaurants
- Safely crosses streets including those with
traffic lights
- Locates needed items in grocery store
- Recognizes and understands cost and pays for
small purchases in the community
- Knows the dangers of accepting assistance or
goods from strangers
- Uses a pay phone
- Able to respond to emergency situations in the
community (missing the bus, contact with strangers,
being lost)
- Able to identify the locations of and get to
social service agencies (employment agencies, rehabilitation
services, social services, adult services)
- Practice banking, budgeting, and shopping skills
- Use public transportation or get a driver’s
license
- Join local organization or club
- Register to vote, learn how to vote
- Explore new ways to use leisure time
- Identify any supports needed to participate
in activities
- Knowledgeable about banking options: checking,
savings, etc.
- Identified specific community facilities to
join for recreation/leisure services
- Identified specific recreation/leisure activities
of choice and can participate independently
- Identified activities of choice to do with family
members or friends
- Identified activities of choice to do with a
provider
- Participates with group activities supported
by a provider
- Investigate participation in church/temple or
social/recreation events
- Learn about and visit potential places in the
community to shop for food, clothes, etc.
- Investigate youth volunteer programs at the
library
- Investigate youth volunteer programs at the
hospital
- Investigate participation in community sports teams or organizations
(softball, bowling, etc.)
- Join a community recreation center or YMCA
- Learn about the community theater group
- Learn about the community horticultural club
- Learn about the community historical preservation
society
- Identify different living/housing options
- Tour apartments for rent
- Investigate participation in community civic
and social organization (Lions Club, Jaycees, Kiwanis,
etc.)
- Obtain a state identification card or driver’s
license
- Join a community team or organization (church
group, bowling league, etc.)
- Learn to ride a skateboard, roller blade, bike,
or other outdoor activity
- Observe a courtroom or jury duty process
- Register for classes with city parks and adaptive
recreation programs
- Register with Selective Service
- Understands and able to participate in the voting
process
- Tour colleges and technical schools
