Postsecondary Transitions
The Transition process helps our learners ages 15 and up prepare for successful transition into adulthood or post-high school life (career, education, independent living) and achieve their goals for their post secondary experience.
Transition Assessment Planning Form is a tool which helps IEP teams determine what assessments will be done and when.
Transition Assessments
Transition Assessments are instrumental in highlighting an individual’s strengths, needs, and interests. Special education teachers can use that assessment data to inform the creation or annual update to IEP transition plan. The following is a list of online transition assessments that are student led.
Transition Assessments are instrumental in highlighting an individual’s strengths, needs, and interests. Special education teachers can use that assessment data to inform the creation or annual update to IEP transition plan. The following is a list of online transition assessments that are student led.
- O*NET Interest Profiler Self-assessment tool: used to identify interests and how they relate to the world of work.
- CareerOneStop: Skills Match Self assessment: a tool that matches skills to career options.
- The Career Interests Game: a game designed to match interests and skills with careers.
- Work Interest Wizard Test: an in-depth career interest test with up to 150 questions and over 1000 potential occupation matches.
- Self-Determination Checklist: a student self-assessment that helps students see areas they can focus on to improve their transition to life after high school.
- 123 Career Test: a career aptitude test that matches career with personality type.
- The Princeton Review Career Quiz: a quiz that makes connections from interests and styles to match with occupations.
- Truity Career Interests Test: a test that matches personality, talents, and interests to real-life jobs.
Career Exploration Activities
- Explore Work: a series of lessons and learning activities aimed at career exploration.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: the US Department of Labor website for student led occupation research.
- Virtual Job Shadow: an extensive video bank and virtual career exploration at every level of development.
- O*Net My Next Move: an opportunity to browse careers by industry.
- MySkillsMyFuture: a resource to build a bridge to find a career match based on existing job or work experience.
- Youth Rules!: a student-friendly website with resources and tools for students to learn about labor related laws and policies.
- Career One Stop: a way to explore career opportunities through active participation information gathering.