ABSTRACT
One resource that teachers can use to help guide their approach to supporting students in these areas is a tool called the Foundational Skills for College and Career Success. This chapter discusses essential foundational skills that cut across student ages and ability levels, multiple disciplines, and systems. It establishes a common language for the foundational skills that can be used in K-12, higher education, and career services. Empowering families to support and reinforce foundational skill acquisition is critical for all students, providing opportunities to learn these skills in natural settings across different environments in which students will need to use the skill. Embedding student identified goals in the individualized education program (IEP) and transition planning process is one way to support the development of self-determination, meaningfully engaging the student in the IEP planning process as a result of the Foundational Skills activities.
