Essential Cheat Sheets for Supporting Students moving between Year Levels (Episode 320)

Transitioning children with neurodiversity successfully is an important part of a child’s education.

Transitioning children with neurodiversity successfully is an important part of a child’s education. With the right strategies for teachers and parents, children can transition from one school to another, or from preschool to school, with ease. Parents, teachers, and aides can work together to create a successful transition plan, using transition cheat sheets, self advocacy, and calming strategies. Knowing 10 things about the child, as well as any sensory issues, can help teachers create a supportive environment for the child. Here are five tips for teachers to help children transition successfully:

1. Create a transition plan with the help of parents, teachers, and aides – I’ve created one for you (see below)
2. Print and Distribute to All Stakeholders: Print out the cheat sheet and give copies to parents, teachers, and assistant teachers, then collate responses into one master document that’s easy to flip through. – Download cheat sheets here
3. Implement “10 Things About Me” Student Self-Introduction: Have students complete a document where they introduce themselves to their new teacher, including a photo of them doing something they love (like Star Wars, Thomas, Fortnite, or Minecraft)
4. Teach Social Scripts for Asking for Help: Create one-page social scripts that teach students when and how to ask for help, making this skill explicit rather than assumed – Highly recommend how to How to Stop Your Words Bumping into Someone Else’s to teach a range of social skill required at all age levels at school

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I have prepared THREE FREE Cheat Sheets for Transition:

_{Transition Tips Booklet}

_{✅ 13 Separation Anxiety Tips
📌 12+ Page Student Transition Guide
⭐️ Preschool to Post School Tips
✅ Checklist for Success
📌 Top Tips for Children Starting School in 2023
🌼 School to Work Transition for Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder}

_{Transition Student Programme}

_{✅ Academic
✅ Behavioural
✅ Communication
✅ Learning at Home
✅ Social Skills
✅ General / Sensory}

_{10 Things About Me}

_{An informative guide to enable student self-advocation}

This is the perfect solution for assisting a smooth transition, and ensuring the student’s new teacher is aware of what to do and what not to do.

Transition Resources

For specific reading and Cheat Sheets for Transition look for these pages:

• Making it a Success by Sue Larkey, pages 115-116
• The Essential Guide to Secondary School by Sue Larkey and Anna Tullemans, page 79
• The Early Years by Sue Larkey and Gay von Ess, page 82
• From Anxiety to Meltdown by Deborah Lipsky, page 172
• I’m Going to School by Anna Tullemans
• How to Stop Your Words from Bumping by Anna Tullemans and Rhonda Dixon