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Assess for Success

A Practitioner's Handbook on Transition Assessment

Help students with disabilities transition successfully into adult life!

This authoritative guidebook for Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams helps students, special educators, and families define appropriate goals—including postsecondary education and employment choices—for a student's transition to adult life. New resources in the second edition emphasize practical transition assessment techniques with sample forms for community assessment, job analysis, and vocational training analysis. Aligned with the reauthorization of IDEA 2004, the text discusses self-determination and career development, and demonstrates how to:

  • Use assessment outcomes in IEP development
  • Collaborate effectively with team members and other participants
  • Match students to appropriate transition environments

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Product Details
  • Grade Level: 9-12
  • ISBN: 9781412952811
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2007
  • Page Count: 176
  • Publication date: December 20, 2013
Price: $39.95
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Description

"Makes a distinct contribution to the field, addressing a critical area of responsibility for schools under IDEA 2004."
—Gary Clark, Professor of Special Education
University of Kansas

"Will become a valuable resource to many stakeholders."
—Jeanne Repetto, Professor of Special Education
University of Florida

Help students with disabilities transition successfully into adult life!

Assisting students with disabilities in planning for their future as adults offers both challenges and unique opportunities for educators. An authoritative guidebook for Individualized Education Program (IEP) and Individualized Transition Planning teams, Assess for Success, Second Edition, helps students, special educators, and families define appropriate goals—including postsecondary education and employment choices—for the transition to adult life.

New resources in the revised edition emphasize practical transition assessment techniques with sample forms for community assessment, job analysis, and vocational training analysis. Written by a team of highly respected authors, and aligned with the reauthorization of IDEA 2004, the text discusses self-determination and career development, and demonstrates how to:

  • Utilize methods for transition assessment
  • Use assessment outcomes in IEP development
  • Collaborate effectively with team members and other participants
  • Match students to appropriate transition environments

Students with disabilities can successfully transition into adult life when they are supported by solid planning, realistic goals, and a team of caring individuals who want to ensure the best possible outcome.

Author(s)

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Patricia L. Sitlington

Patricia L. Sitlington is Professor and Coordinator of the graduate emphasis in Career/Vocational Programming and Transition at the University of Northern Iowa. She has been a secondary classroom teacher and state department staff member, as well as program consultant. She has written extensively in the field of transition, and is co-author of Transition Education and Services for Students with Disabilities, a major textbook in the field. Her main interest areas are assessment, outcomes studies of young adults with and without disabilities, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

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Debra A. Neubert
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Wynne H. Begun
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Richard C. Lombard
Dr. Richard C. Lombard is a Professor of Special Education at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has authored or co-authored over forty articles in professional journals with an emphasis on transition assessment, vocational evaluation, community based transition models, and inclusion. Dr. Lombard served as President of the International Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT) in 1999-2000. He currently serves as the Sweden Exchange Coordinator for UW-Whitewater and Umea University in Umea, Sweden. His international service includes work in Sweden, Australia, Nepal, India and Trinidad.
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Pamela J. Leconte

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Overview of Transition Assessment

2. Career Development as a Context for Transition Assessment

3. The Role of Self-Determination in the Transition Assessment Process

4. Using Outcomes of Assessment for IEP Planning

5. Roles of Key Players

6. Methods of Gathering Information

7. Matching Students to Environments: Making Transition Assessment a Success

Appendix A. Summary for Post-Secondary Living, Learning, and Working

Appendix B. Selected Commercially Available Tests/Assessment Procedures

Appendix C. Sample Community Assessment Form

Appendix D. Sample Job Analysis Form

Appendix E. Sample Vocation Training Analysis Form

Index

Reviews

Quote by Jeanne Repetto, Professor of Special Education, University of Florida at Gainesville: "Will become a valuable resource to many stakeholders."
"Will become a valuable resource to many stakeholders."
Jeanne Repetto, Professor of Special Education
University of Florida at Gainesville
Quote by Gary Clark, Professor of Special Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence: "Makes a distinct contribution to the field, addressing a critical area of responsibility for schools under IDEA 2004."
"Makes a distinct contribution to the field, addressing a critical area of responsibility for schools under IDEA 2004."
Gary Clark, Professor of Special Education
University of Kansas, Lawrence

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