This is a framework which sets out the key principles to ensure smooth transitions for young people with additional support needs. It provides clear guidance on how to improve the experience of transition for young people and has been endorsed by the Scottish Government and national bodies.
This is a framework which sets out the key principles to ensure smooth transitions for young people with additional support needs. It provides clear guidance on how to improve the experience of transition for young people and has been endorsed by the Scottish Government and national bodies.
This is a framework which sets out the key principles to ensure smooth transitions for young people with additional support needs. It provides clear guidance on how to improve the experience of transition for young people and has been endorsed by the Scottish Government and national bodies.
This is a framework which sets out the key principles to ensure smooth transitions for young people with additional support needs. It provides clear guidance on how to improve the experience of transition for young people and has been endorsed by the Scottish Government and national bodies.
Welcome to the third edition of Principles of Good Transitions. This provides a framework to inform, structure and encourage the continual improvement of support for young people with additional needs between the ages of 14 and 25 who are making the transition to young adult life.
The seven principles we set out have been endorsed by many organisations that provide support for young people with additional support needs, the Scottish Government and national bodies. They are already being used to shape improvements within organisations, local authorities and at a national level.
The Seven Principles of Good Transitions are:
Principle 1 - Planning and decision making should be carried out in a person-centred way
Principle 2 - Support should be co-ordinated across all services
Principle 3 - Planning should start early and continue up to age 25
Principle 4 - All young people should get the support they need
Principle 5 - Young people, parents and carers must have access to the information they need
Principle 6 - Families and carers need support
Principle 7 - A continued focus on transitions across Scotland
The Principles into Practice framework provides an approach to transitions that can be shared by all professionals, at strategic and operational levels, linking up the legislative areas and different professional concerns.
To find out more about our work or to work with us to improve transitions in your area, please get in touch at the Scottish Transitions Forum.
