Assess for Success

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.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.

• Preface1. Overview of Transition Assessment2. Career Development as a Context for Transition Assessment3. The Role of Self-Determination in the Transition Assessment Process4. Using Outcomes of Assessment for IEP Planning5. Roles of Key Players6. Methods of Gathering Information7. Matching Students to Environments: Making Transition Assessment a SuccessAppendix A. Summary for Post-Secondary Living, Learning, and WorkingAppendix B. Selected Commercially Available Tests/Assessment ProceduresAppendix C. Sample Community Assessment FormAppendix D. Sample Job Analysis FormAppendix E. Sample Vocation Training Analysis FormIndex

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