This manual is intended to assist families, teachers, and other personnel in helping disabled students make the transition from school to work and adult life. The first section provides an overview of the transition process and outlines a four-step transition model that consists of input and foundation, the actual transition process (which calls for cooperation among parents, students, secondary schools, and providers of rehabilitation and supportive services), employment and adult outcomes, and follow-up. The second section summarizes the roles of the various members of the transition team and details the transition plan. Discussed in the third section are the following aspects of the process of transition team planning: responsibilities of the individual team members, the process of transition plan development, adult service programs, service roles, provision of a continuum of services, options (financial support, day, residential, and leisure/recreation services) available in North Dakota communities, procedures for accessing services, and a transition checklist. A bibliography concludes the guide. Attachments to the guide include sample individualized education program (IEP) transition plans, an application packet, an application checklist for adult services, program synopses, a service directory, a glossary, and an outline of the four-step transition model. (MN)