Study Skills, Applied

Academics and Transition

Anna Bryson
SPED 531
May 2019
Study Skills
• A skill set that helps a student
acquire new information and
assimilate it into the working
memory so it can be applied to
various situations
• These skills include:
organization, time-management,
prioritizing, remembering,
reading, writing, and calculating
• The importance of these skills
lies in increasing the student’s
ability to succeed
• Students that are classified as
exceptional learners, can benefit
from direct instruction in study
skills as their challenges may
cause deficits in these areas, and
working with students in these
specific skills can translate into
academic success in content
classes.
Applied Academics
• The application of basic skills • The importance of applied
such as: literacy, communication academics is related to the
and math to the real-world. preparation of students for
• Students are asked to learn future endeavors using the skills
through the direct application of they acquire prior to the post-
skills and concepts secondary.
• Working on applied academics
can be taught inside of a course
or in addition to a course, where
academic learning occurs in
class, and then is used in a
internship or other job-based
training
Transitions
• Transition plans help students
prepare for life after high school;
or the post-secondary
• Students are the center of the
planning; and the plan is tailored
to the interests and supports of
the student
• The student starts transition
planning in the 8th grade, or the
age of 14, which ever comes first
• This time in a student‘s life is
very important as it is preparing
the student for the future
• Transition involved a plan, with
goals and objects for the student
to work towards as they move
through high school
Resources
Applied Academics (1996). Retrieved from www.edweek.org.

IEP Transition Planning: Preparing for Adulthood (2019).

Retrieved from www.understood.org
Study Skills for Students (2019). Retrieved from
www.educationcorner.com