Age Appropriate Transition Assessments

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Age Appropriate Transition Assessments

• YTP Statewide Conference
• Jackie Burr Peter FitzGerald
• February 21, 2008
• Hood River

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IDEIA 2004 Says

• Beginning not later than the first IEP to be in
  effect when the child turns 16, or younger if
  determined appropriate by the IEP Team, and
  updated annually, thereafter, the IEP must
  include-
• (1) Appropriate measurable postsecondary goals
  based on age appropriate transition assessments
  related to training, education, employment, and,
  where appropriate, independent living skills
  300.320(b)(1).

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Where does Age Appropriate Transition Assessment
Fit In The Transition Process?

• Start thinking about transition planning for
  student (16 or younger if determined appropriate
  by the IEP Team)
• Determine what kind of diploma the student will
  receive (Oregon Diploma, School District Diploma,
  Modified Diploma, Alternative Certificate)
• Conduct age appropriate transition assessment
• Determine what agencies need to be involved

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Where does Age Appropriate Transition Assessment
Fit In The Transition Process? (continued)

• Write present levels of performance (preferences,
  interests, abilities)
• Write measurable annual goals (Know, be, and do
  informs instruction)
• Write post secondary goals (Influences course of
  study decisions)
• Determine transition services needed
• Determine course of study (related to the
  students postsecondary goals)

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Age Appropriate Transition Assessment

• Transition assessment ongoing process of
  collecting data on the individuals needs,
  preferences, and interests as they relate to the
  demands of current and future working,
  educational, living, and personal and social
  environments.
• Age-appropriate chronological rather than
  developmental age

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Age Appropriate Transition AssessmentWhat Are
They?

• Formal
• Adaptive Behavior/Daily Living Skills Assessments
• General/Specific Aptitude Tests
• Interest Inventories
• Intelligence Tests
• Achievement Tests
• Temperament Inventories
• Career Maturity/ Employability Tests
• Self Determination Assessments
• Transition Planning Inventories

• Informal
• Interviews and questionnaires
• Direct observation
• Curriculum-based assessments
• Environmental analysis

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Whats Out There?

• Formal vs. Informal Assessments
• Store bought assessments can be formal but not
  always.
• Formal Assessments can be free or very low cost
  per student to administer.
• Sometimes informal assessments tell you just as
  much. Quality vs. Cost?
• Discrepancy Models typically make up the most
  commonly used formal assessments. Multiple
  raters, discrepancies, focus.
• Remember If you assess, you will learn
  something. If you learn something you will have
  do something.

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Formal and Free Examples

• Adaptive Behavior/Daily Living Skills
• http//www.caseylifeskills.org/index.htm
• Interest Inventories
• http//online.onetcenter.org/
• http//www.khake.com/page3.html
• http//www.goarmy.com/CareerHelp.do?redirecttrue
• http//www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/OlmisZine?zineid
  00000001
• http//www.careeronestop.org
• http//www.employment.oregon.gov/
• What else do you know about?

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Free and Informal Examples

• Person Centered Planning Tools
• http//thedesk.info/myplan/
• Learning Styles or Preferences
• http//www.metamath.com/multiple/multiple_choice_q
  uestions.html
• Study Skills
• http//www.pvc.maricopa.edu/lsche/resources/lrnr_
  asses/studyskills.htm
• Fun
• http//www.soyouwanna.com/
• What else do you know about?

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Formal, Informal and NOT Free!

• http//www.proedinc.com/customer/productLists.aspx
  ?idCategory15
• http//oregoncis.uoregon.edu/home/
• http//www.tensigma.org/transition/index.htm
• Look what happens when you Google the term
  age appropriate transition assessments?
  http//www.google.com/

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• QUESTIONS?

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Jackie Burr503-947-5639Jackie.burr_at_state.or.us
Peter FitzGerald503-522-6973petefitz_at_q.com