3820/ Ch 6: Developing Postsecondary Goals

Which of the following criteria are not contained in the IDEA’s definition of transition services?

• Coordinated set of activities

• Developed within an outcome-oriented process

• Promotes movement from school to postschool activities

• Designed to promote yearly improvement in academic achievement

• Needs, taking into account interests and preferences

The authors suggest that to some degree all transition planning processes should be:

• Person-centered

• Career-oriented

• Self-determined

• All of these

• Person-centered AND Self-determined

The core members of a transition team as stated in the IDEA of 1997 include:

• The student with a disability

• The special education teacher

• An individual who can interpret evaluations

• All of These

• The student with a disability AND The special education teacher

The principal of backward planning in transition planning implies which of the following?

• Transition services should be based on student postsecondary goals.

• Transition services should focus only on the coming year of school.

• The second year of high school should look the same as the first year after graduation.

• All of These

• Transition services should be based on student postsecondary goals AND The second year of high school should look the same as the first year after graduation.

Which of these is not a method suggested by the author for promoting family and student involvement in the IEP transition planning process?

• Choose a planning approach that values family and student input.

• Discuss postsecondary goals and desired course of study with the student and family prior to the IEP meeting.

• Develop an agenda for the IEP meeting with times set aside for student and family input.

• Mail suggested IEP goals and objectives to the student and family prior to the IEP meeting.

Which of the following instruments/assessments is not generally recommended for transition planning?

• Career interest inventories

• Intelligence testing

• Situational assessments

• Functional assessments

What transition activities should typically be the focus of late high school (Grades 11 and up)?

• Developing good work behaviors and attitudes

• Career exploration and choice of a course of study

• Securing postsecondary education or employment

• Developing postsecondary goals

Which of the following is not a section on the transition page of the IEP?

• Employment and Postsecondary

• Independent Living

• Community Participation

• All of these are part of the transition page

Which self-determination assessment tool is a curriculum-referenced assessment?

• ARC’s Self-Determination Scale

• Self-Determination Knowledge Scale

• AIR Self-Determination Assessment

• ChoiceMaker Assessment

The ChoiceMaker Self-Determination Assessment measures:

• Student skills

• Opportunity at school

• Opportunity at home

• Student skills AND Opportunity at school