Building a Tool Kit of Transition Assessments

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Building a Tool Kit of Transition Assessments

• Mary Beth DeFauwTransition CoordinatorNorthern
  Suburban Special Education Highland Park, IL
• Dawn RoalsonCross Categorical/Transition
  CoordinatorLaSalle/Putnam County Educational
  Alliance for Special EducationOttawa, IL

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Today........

• Review transition assessment law
• Identify key components of age appropriate
  transition assessments
• Provide examples of assessments
• Identify the purpose and uses of each
• Assist you in building a tool kit of assessments

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IDEA 2004

• Transition assessments are needed to develop a
  coordinated set of activities within a RESULTS
  oriented process based on students needs and
  taking into account student interests, strengths,
  preferences, and limitations.
• Not included in the law until 2004

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Goals of Transition Assessments

• Help Students Make Informed Choices
• (Learn more about themselves)
• Help Students Take Charge of the Process
• (Use this knowledge to become self-determined and
  achieve outcomes)
• Help Students Understand Skills Needed for
  Post-School Environments
• (Compare needed future skills to current level of
  functional and academic performance)

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Goals of Transition Assessments

• Help Students Form Post Secondary Goals in
  Education/Training, Employment, and Adult Living
• Help Students Continue to Define and Refine those
  Goals in an ongoing process through transitioning
  years

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Characteristics of Good Assessments
Student Centered Continuous and ongoing Occurs
in many places, in natural environments Must
involve other people, including parents,
employers, friends, case managers, etc.
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Characteristics of Good Assessments
Data must be understandable Must be sensitive
to cultural diversity
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What Data Do You Want To Collect?
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Transition Assessments For This Session Have Been
Grouped by Comprehensive, Self-Determination and
the following Post High School Goal
Areas Education/Training Employment Adult
Living
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Comprehensive Assessments
Casey Life Skills www.caseylifeskills.org Spani
sh, French, and English, with a Native
American supplement Youth and Caregiver
versions Web Based or paper/pencil
format Provides different levels of questions
for students across functioning levels Linked
to lesson plans FREE
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Comprehensive Assessments
Transition Planning Inventory (TPI) Parents,
Student, and School versions Paper/pencil, CD,
and computer formats Collects information on
students strengths, interests, and
preferences in the areas of self-determination,
career, life skills, leisure, etc Cost d
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Comprehensive Assessments
Career Exploration Inventory 2nd
edition Student VersionPaper/Pencil and
online formats Explore and plan three major
areas life work, leisure activities, and
learning. Individuals reflect on 128
activities and consider their past, present,
and future interest in them. Cost
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Self-Determination
A I R Parents, Teachers, and Student
Versions Paper/Pencil AIR Self Determination
Scales at Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment
FREE to download
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Self-Determination
A R C Student VersionPaper/Pencil Arc
Self-Determination ScaleFREE to download
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Self-Determination
Teaching Self-Determination in Alaskan Schools
A Tool Kit for Teachers Student and Parent
Version Paper/pencil format Self-Determinatio
n Tool Kit FREE
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Education/Training
C.I.T.E Learning Styles InventoryStudent
VersionPaper/Pencil Format FREE
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Education/Training
Assessing Barriers to Education Student
Version Paper/pencil format Identifies the
primary barriers preventing people from
continuing their education offers suggestions
to overcoming barriers Cost

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Education/Training
College Survival and Success Scale Student
Version Paper/pencil and online
formats Designed to help identify the skills
and attitudes necessary to be an excellent
college student includes suggestions for
success Sample Report Cost
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Employment
Job Videos English or Spanish Student
videos job clusters Americas Career
InfoNet FREE to download
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Employment
Ansirs 3 Sides of You Student
Version Online format Individuals use ANSIR
to identify strengths and WorkforceDNA to find
where they belong. Businesses use it to develop
and retain their membership and build on
past-proven successes www.ansir.com FREE
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Employment
Barriers to Employment Success Student
Version Paper/pencil and online formats A
self-assessment tool that helps an individual to
identify barriers and challenges to obtaining
and succeeding on a job and suggestions for
improvements Cost
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Employment
PICS Picture Interest Career Inventory Studen
t Version Paper/pencil format READING
FREE The Picture Interest Career Survey (PICS)
is a quick way for people to identify
occupational interests by using pictures of
people at work rather than text-based items.
Cost
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Employment
Choosing Employment Goals Student, Supervisor
and/or Teacher Versions Choosing Employment
Goals (from ChoiceMaker) Paper/pencil
format (Requires basic reading and writing
skills) Help students learn to identify and
express their employment interests, skills,
limitations, and goals through school and
community-based experiences. Cost
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Employment
Career Cruising French, English, and
Spanish Student Version Interactive computer
format portfolio development aids in
self-assessment and goal setting Career
Cruising's intuitive assessment tools are a
great place for students to begin their career
exploration. Cost

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Employment
Careerscope English and Spanish Student
Version Computer and online formats The
popular software for self-administered
assessment of career interests and aptitudes
connects the evaluee's interest and aptitude
profiles to the U.S. Department of
Education Career Cluster/Pathway system.
Careerscope Cost
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Employment
Job Samples Student Version Hands-on Job Trials
in controlled environment with integration of
academic and technical skill areas Conover
Company Cost
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Adult Living
Informal Assessments Checklist of Independent
Living Skills Observations in Variety of
Settings
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Adult Living
Personal Emergency Evacuation Planning Checklist
for Persons with Disabilities Student, Family,
School Paper/pencil format Emergency Planning
Checklist FREE
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WEBSITES
www.transitionassessment.northcentralrrc.org www.
mytransitionIowa.org www.careerclusters.org www.
caseylifeskills.org www.psychtests.com
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WEBSITES
www.onetcenter.org www.c3online.org www.c3mn.org
www.ILworkinfo.com www.trisped.org
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WEBSITES
www.ncwd-youth.info/resources__Publications/asses
sment.html www.rememberthemilk.com www.webmath.
com www.interventioncentral.org
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Building a Tool Kit of Transition Assessments

• Thank you!
• Good Luck Building YourTool Kit!!!
• -Dawn and Mary Beth

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