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 * EEX 6759 Transition Planning & Interdisciplinary Teaming for Students with Disabilities Lecture Notes**

June 4th, 2011

__Transition Assessments:__ Should Address **Three Areas** 1. Employment 2. Education/Training 3. Independent

__Goals of Transition Assessment:__ 1. Make informed choices 2. Take charge of the transition process 3. Understand Skills Specifically Needed for post school environments

**__Types of Transition Assessments:__ use both** **Formal**- to learn a wide variety of skill levels in various areas (ie. vocational) Examples: 1. Learning styles inventories 2. Academic achievement tests (Woodcock Johnson) 3. Adaptive behavior scales (Vineland) 4. Aptitude tests (Differential Aptitude)

**Informal-** Examples: 1. Observation 2. Interviews/Questionnaire 3. Environ. Analysis 4. Curriculum based assessments
 * observe student in various academic and work experiences
 * likes/dislikes
 * setting up experiences to try something new

Examples of Assessment:

TTAP Assessment (lower)

TPI Assessment (higher functioning)