Transition Assessment
IDEA mandates that transition plans be developed based on functional assessments of the students’ strengths, preferences and interests. Information obtained through transition assessment serves as the foundation for identifying measurable postsecondary goals and determining transition services to necessary to support successful outcomes.
Guiding Questions:
1. What post-secondary goals does the student have for employment, education/training and independent living after leaving high school?
2. Given the student’s post-secondary goals, what are the student’s current strengths, needs, interests, and preferences in relation to these goals?
3. What transition services will the student require to enable him/her to achieve
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There is not one specific transition assessment that is utilized for each student. The assessment process is individualized and the assessment methods are selected based upon the information that is necessary to identify the student’s post-secondary goals, current strengths and needs, and supports and services needed before, during and after the transition to adult life. Consider the following areas that may already be documented in the student’s IEP and/or evaluation reports:
• Functional Academics: reading, math, grammar, spelling, communication skills, etc
• Learning Styles: best methods of instruction, decisionmaking skills, etc.
• Vocational Aptitudes: mechanical/clerical/organizational/spatial skills and the ability to work with large tools and small tools
• Manual Dexterity: gross/fine motor skills, manual/finger dexterity, eye hand coordination, etc.
• Vocational Interests: likes and dislikes for jobs, work site preferences, working conditions, etc.
• Daily Living Skills: budgeting, money, transportation, shopping, etc.
• Job Seeking and Keeping Skills: completing job applications, interviewing, work behaviors, support levels needed to be successful, etc.
• Personal/Social Skills: motivation, selfawareness, independence, ability to get along, appearance, etc.
• Medical/Health Considerations: vision and hearing abilities, physical condition, illnesses, speech
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Document the date of the annual student interview and the student identified preferences and interests regarding postsecondary education, training, employment, independent living, and community participation. The interview must be updated annually.
Discussion of student’s interests, preferences and age appropriate transition assessment(s): Personal interviews and a combination of formal and informal methods can be used as transition assessments. Summary of the assessments are to be provided in the discussion box (including name of assessment, date of administration, who administered the assessment and summary of results).
Sample Starters for Assessment Methods….
Direct Observation
Sample #1: Reports from informal interviews and observation suggest student enjoys…..Student responds well to ….. and is able to…..Student has developed the skills to…..(this can be using a communication device to performing a job task) Student has worked/is working…….
Student
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In bringing together our interviews, along with current research on academic advising in post-secondary institutions, we will consider student dynamics, needs, advisement issues, and potential ways to effectively advise high-ability students.
William G. Tierney, Zoë B. Corwin, Julia E. Colyar, (2005), Preparing for colleges, pp 200-264
For my transition interview I interviewed Susan Nixon, who is the coordinator of learning and programming at Old Dominion University. Her job entails helping students with disabilities transition from high school to college. When students with disabilities are in high school they have an IEP or 504 to help them. However, when they come to college they no longer have an IEP, they become protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act. During my interview with Ms. Nixon, she pointed out how there’s no transition plan for post-college and into the work force. So, she feels it’s extremely helpful for students with disabilities to become self-advocates while in college.
5. If I were to give advice to a future student, what would I recommend that they do to make sure they are successful?
Respond to the following questions within your response: How, when, and why did you decide to enroll at GCU? What are some expectation(s) you wish to gain from attending GCU? What are your academic goals, personal goals, and professional goals? What are you planning to do now to ensure you will be able to obtain those goals?
Monitoring student progress on the transition plan- Are the students where they are supposed to be? What steps they are taking toward achieving this goal? What are working for them and what is not? Is there any changes that have to me made etc.
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