School to Post-School Transition
Transition Assessments are different assessments that can be used to help determine preferences and prepare for life goals pertaining to independent living, educational planning, and career planning. Students who are highly involved in their own planning processes are more likely to be successful in achieving their desired goals.
From 2012 to 2014, South Sanpete School District Special Education teachers in the middle and high schools participated with the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (now NTACT and the Utah State Office of Education's Special Education Transition personnel in building our capabilities to assess and teach students in School to Post-School Readiness.
School to Post-School Transition Assessments
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UTAH TRANSITION |
Transition planning with students with disabilities begins with comprehensive transition assessments to help students determine postsecondary goals based on their preferences and interests. This document contains a description of the transition assessment process, as well as links to transition assessments and curricula to help schools prepare students for adult life. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Life Skills
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Self-Determination
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The ChoiceMaker Self-Determination Assessment | a curriculum-referenced tool that measures students' self-determination skills and progress in the ChoiceMaker Self-Determination Curriculum. Educators complete a 5-point Likert scale response for each of the 62 items across the student skills and opportunities at school sections. (from http://www.ou.edu/content/education/centers-and-partnerships/zarrow/self-determination-assessment-tools.html) | |||||||||||||||||
| The AIR Self-Determination Assessment | focuses on two main components: Capacity and Opportunity. Capacity refers to the knowledge, abilities, and perceptions which allow the student to be self-determined. Opportunity refers to the student's chances to use their knowledge and abilities. The AIR Self-Determination Scale is available free of charge in a variety of forms: student form, (Spanish) student form, parent form, and educator form. (from http://www.ou.edu/content/education/centers-and-partnerships/zarrow/self-determination-assessment-tools.html) | ||||||||||||||||||
| The ARC Self-Determination Scale | was developed by Dr. Michael Wehmeyer and colleagues to measure strengths and weaknesses of adolescents with disabilities, facilitate student involvement in educational planning and instruction to promote self-determination as an educational outcome, and assess student self-determination skills for research purposes. (from http://www.ou.edu/content/education/centers-and-partnerships/zarrow/self-determination-assessment-tools.html) | ||||||||||||||||||
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College and Career Readiness |
This activity helps you match your interests with types of careers.
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| Landmark College's Guide to Assessing College Readiness |
This guide is designed as a first step in helping students understand the complex sets of skills, abilities and practices associated with these five foundation areas. Scores obtained using this guide provide an opportunity for discussion; they are not intended to predict or limit a student’s potential or provide a diagnosis. |
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This activity helps you match your interests with types of careers.
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| UtahFutures.org | UtahFutures is the premier one-stop career and college readiness website for Utah students and adults. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Career Road Map: The Career Road Map provides examples of typical steps or phases for getting started in a specific occupation. The map begins with 7th grade courses and ends with Utah employers most likely to hire for that occupation and/or actual Utah job openings. You can gain a basic understanding of the standard education, training, license, certification, degree, etc. requirements for occupations. Occupation Search: There are many ways to explore occupations. If you know which occupation interests you, use the keyword or alphabetical search. You can also search by the criteria listed below to get lists based on what is important to you. |
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| School Search | Learn all you can about the types of schools you could attend, how to prepare, and how to apply. | ||||||||||||||||||
Why get an education? This infographic from Bureau of Labor Statistics shows why: