Barsch Learning Style Inventory Online inventory • 24 items to measure visual, auditory, and kinesthetic preferences • 10 to 15 minutes to complete • Provides information about each learning style X Grades 9-12 Nashville State Community College (2009).Nashville, TN: Author. Career Clueless Students circle activities, subjects, or jobs that appeal to them in the career categories of: • Realistic • Investigative • Artistic • Enterprising • Social • Conventional Results provide career code X Grades 6-8 Indiana Department of Education & Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ND).Indianapolis, IN: Author.
Community Based Assessment Questionnaire 35 – Item questionnaire where the student and supervisor score the student intern’s job behaviors. Scale is 0-5 where 0 = never and 5 = always. X Grades 9-Young adult students Community Based Assessment for Transition: Administration Manual, Pittsburgh Public Schools Community Based Instruction Activity Record Form used to document learning activities in the community. X X Students with significant disabilities The Transition Portfolio for Students with Significant Disabilities. Rockingham Public Schools, Virginia. Employment Related Questions 21 questions that help to guide the student’s career interests, goals, values, and present situation. X Grades 7-12 NSTTAC, (2006) Employee Social Skills Checklist 14 work skill items that can be obtained through observation and/or interview. Skill item examples include: • Is the student punctual and on time? • Does the student interact with Requires purchase of the book. X Grades 9-12 Hughes, C. & Carter, E. (2000). The Transition Handbook: Strategies for High School Teachers That Work. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing.
This tool is easy to score and is appropriate for all disability areas. Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire Online Inventory: • 44 item questionnaire • Student submits responses and a one-page analysis is provided which also can be printed out. X Grades 7-12 Indiana Career Connect through WorkOne Students can explore careers, plan for the future, learn about college and how to pay for college, learn about opportunities for volunteering, joining the military, and much more. X Grades 7-12
Task Analysis Form Basic form that can be used to break down a learning or job task into appropriate steps for individual students. Requires purchasing book. X X X Grades 7-12 Hughes, C. & Carter, E. (2000). The Transition Handbook: Strategies for High School Teachers That Work. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing. Things That Are Difficult for Me Students respond (Yes, No, Sometimes) to 20 statements such as “I have a hard time paying attention in class.” X Grades 7-12 Holding the Road: Student Advocacy by T. Long, B. Austin, & J. Bowen (1998) Atlanta, GA This Is How I See Myself Students evaluate themselves in the areas of behaviors, job interests, and problem areas. X X X Grades 3-6 Connections: A Transition Curriculum for Grades 3-6, by Jefferson County Public Schools, Denver, CO. Transition Assessment – Student (and Parent) Interview Form 10 questions that address student interests and goals and what transition services may help with these. X X X Grades 7-12 The Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center (INSTRC), Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana University. htpp://instrc.indiana.edu
ChoiceMaker ChoiceMaker focuses on helping secondary students with disabilities learn those self-determination skills characteristic of successful individuals. The curriculum is organized around 37 concepts grouped into 7 areas. Student participation in the Individualized Education Program meeting is stressed. Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment, University of Oklahoma http://education.ou.edu/zarrow/files/ChoiceMaker%20Curriculum.pdf Life-Centered Career Education Curriculum Robert J. Lloyd & Donn E. Brolin (1997) Council for Exceptional Children Next STEP (Student Transition and Educational Planning) The purpose of this program is to help students to make the transition from school to adult life smoothly and successfully with a constant focus on self-determination skills. This can be used with students in both special and general education settings. It is designed primarily for high school students, but can also be effective in some middle-school and post-high school settings. PRO-ED, Inc. (2000) http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspx?ID=3485 Next Transition Skills System Focuses on: • Workplace skills and attitudes • Responsibility • Interacting with others AbleNet, Inc. (1985-2011)