Keep staff and students ahead of what's Next™.
Month-after-month. Year-after-year.
Transition education is an ongoing process, and Next is designed to help the IEP team guide each student toward meaningful experiences, jobs, and classes, from assessment, to transition goal planning, to data collection, to reports, preparing students for graduation and beyond
The Next Transition Skills System is a district-wide solution customized to the needs of students with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities, plus an additional view of transition skills specific to students with autism spectrum disorders.
The Next Transition Skills System puts all IEP team members, including parents, on the same page from day one, and provides a solid system for monitoring and tracking student progress over multiple years.

To learn more about Next Transition Skills System Features, click on the links below:
Transition Categories Focus On:
- Workplace skills and attitudes
- Responsibility
- Interacting with others
- Basic academic skills
- Habits of wellness
- Planning for success
- Computer and technology skills
Transition planning begins with the Transition Skills Assessment. A Next Transition Assessment is fully prepared in each of the Next program categories (mild, moderate, severe, and autism). Each assessment is electronically deployed and easily completed by all IEP team members with real time results compiled automatically. The Transition assessment can be further customized to meet the unique needs of each student.
Once the Assessment survey results are compiled, the team can quickly and efficiently move to Transition planning for the student. The team can easily determine areas of agreement and areas which require further discussion. Next ensures high quality goals and objectives are written for each IEP.
After the Transition goals are identified, the educator uses Next Data Collection to gather and manage the student achievement specific to each Transition goal on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
The Next Transition System concludes with the flexible reporting options today's programs and districts require. Student repots are generated via strengths, needs, goals, and objectives. Next Reports track transition progress over multiple years to ensure the student attains the skills he/she needs to make a successful move to whatever comes Next: employment, independence, semi-dependence, or dependent living, and community integration.
In short, the Next Transition Skills System:
- Fosters the development of a common language between all team members
- Clearly defines transition skills, goals, and objectives
- Communicates expectations
- Teaches appropriate transition skills
- Evaluates student progress
- Documents tangible results
Next Transition Skills System is dual platform compatible for your Mac or PC.
To purchase Next, click on the Store link above, or contact AbleNet, Inc. at (800) 322-0956 or email customerservice@ablenetinc.com for district-wide implementation.