An emerging area of use for SIS is the area of transition planning and services within secondary special education. The impetus for using the Supports Intensity Scale with this population comes largely out of the requirements of The Individuals with Disabilities Act, or IDEA, and the transition requirements within that act. A relatively new introduction to the IDEA is the Statement of Performance (SOP).

Says SIS author and award-winning special educator, Michael Wehmeyer, "SIS is a logical tool to use for developing a Statement of Performance because by its very nature, SIS is specifically designed to gauge the support needs and life goals of a person with an intellectual disability, and therefore it can make recommendations on how students should achieve goals in the community.” Wehmeyer is Professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas.

Visit our new SIS and transition planning web page to learn more about the benefits of the Supports Intensity Scale in this area.

If you are considering exploring SIS for Statement of Purpose planning or transition in general, please use this contact form to send an email to AAIDD.