Supporting Smooth Transitions: Collaborative Planning and Behavior Support Strategies to Facilitate School-Based Transitions

Students experience frequent transitions throughout their day that may elicit challenging behaviors and impede learning. School-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and teachers support students as they move between classrooms and therapy settings but often lack training in effective behavior support and transition strategies. The purpose of this article is to provide practical tools for teachers and SLPs to support students’ transitions in educational settings. This article outlines transition strategies and introduces an interprofessional collaborative tool, both of which aim to reduce students’ challenging behaviors, facilitate smoother transitions, and support students’ engagement across the school day.