Navigating one's way from school to work is a difficult task for anyone. Finding out what you are good at and what you want to do is even more difficult when you don't have much experience or have trouble making use of others experience due to communication or understanding barriers.

Transition Services try to help bridge the gap for students and parents alike by providing some of those experiences and offering information regarding services that will be available once the person graduates.

Comment from recent CARF survey summary:

"Northern Transitions is commended for taking the initiative in helping the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District and 2 others to develop a "Transition Smart" program to help students with disabilities and others organize a job fair to link students with local employers. This has become a statewide model for transition services and is unique in that it is student run with the assistance of organizational staff members. In this and so many other areas, Northern Transitions has been sensitive to community stakeholder needs and designed a program to fill that need."

For additional information please contact Rick Conklin, Transition Coordinator at (906) 635-5681 extension 115.