Özel Eğitimde Geçiş Planlama ve Hizmetleri

Geçiş, bireylerin yaşantılarında çeşitli değişiklikler gerektiren ve yaşam boyu devam eden bir süreçtir. Bu süreçte özel gereksinimli bireyler, birtakım zorluklarla karşılaşmakta ve desteğe ihtiyaç duymaktadırlar. Geçiş hizmetleri planlaması, özel gereksinimli bireylerin değişim gerektiren çeşitli süreçlere uyumlarını sağlamak ve özel gereksinimli bireyler ile ailelerine verilen destek hizmetlerini sürekli hale getirmek amacı ile yapılmaktadır. Geçiş dönemleri; erken müdahale programlarından, okul öncesi, anasınıfı, ilkokul, ortaokul, lise, yükseköğretim, okuldan iş yaşamı ve toplumsal yaşama geçişi kapsayan uzun soluklu bir süreci içermektedir. Türkiye’ de geçiş planlamaları ile ilgili belirgin yasal dayanakların bulunmaması özel gereksinimli bireylerin tüm geçiş dönemlerinde çeşitli zorluklar yaşamalarına, programlar arasında kopuklukların olmasına, kendilerine sunulan özel eğitim hizmetlerinden yeterince yararlanamamalarına neden olmaktadır. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada; geçiş kavramı, dünyada geçişin yasal dayanakları, geçiş planlama süreci, geçiş planlamasını etkileyen etmenler, geçiş dönemleri, geçiş değerlendirme süreçleri ve Türkiye’de geçiş ile ilgili yapılan çalışmalar açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır.

Transition Planning and Transition Services in Special Education

Transition is a life-long process that requires a variety of changes in individuals’ lives. In this process, individuals with special needs face a number of challenges and need support. Transition services planning is carried out in order to ensure that individuals with special needs adapt to various processes that require change and to make the support services provided to individuals with special needs and their families permanent. Transitional periods include a long-term process involving early intervention programs, pre-school, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, high school, higher education, school to business life and social life. Lack of significant legal basis for transition planning in our country causes individuals with special needs to experience various difficulties during all transition periods, there are gaps between the programs, and they cannot benefit from the special education services offered to them. For this reason, in this study, the concept of transition, the legal bases of transition in the world, the transition planning process, factors affecting transition planning, transition periods, transition, transition assessment process and the studies related to the transition in Turkey have been tried to be explained. 

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