High Support Needs

Adaptation of the ABLE Model for Use with Youth with Significant Intellectual Disabilities States and Learning Environments (ABLE)

ABLE is a transition assessment tool to help teachers who work with students with high support needs collect information about each student’s strengths, preferences, interests, and needs.
Adapted from Guy, Mulligan Ault, Guess
01-01-1995

Assessing Students with High Support Needs

This resource lists information and assessments for teachers of students with high support needs. Includes links to useful websites.
INSTRC
04-13-2020

Postsecondary Goals for Students with High Support Needs

This brief guide discussses the development of postsecondary goals for students with high support needs. Includes examples. Material is adapted from the Transition IEP Miniseries trainings, produced by the Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center.
INSTRC
04-13-2020

Present Levels of Functional Performance-An Example for a Student with High Support Needs

An example of present levels of functional performance for Josie, a 19-year-old student with high support needs.
INSTRC
04-13-2020

Sample Adaptation of the ABLE Model for Use with Youth with Significant Disabilities

This handout, presented by Barbara Guy at the 2011 Indiana Statewide Transition Forum, illustrates how to use the ABLE model (Analyzing Behavior States and Learning Environments) to analyze student behavior.
Adapted from Guy, Ault, & Guess
01-01-1993

Transition IEP Example: Student with High Support Needs

This example, written for a 19-year-old with high support needs, walks transition teachers through the components of the Transition IEP and includes postsecondary goal examples for employment, education and training, and independent living as well as two annual goals.
INSTRC
04-13-2020