Official ACT practice and test-prep resources.
Official SAT practice resources from College Board.
Assessment for students considering transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities.
Student reflection questionnaire covering academic habits and readiness.
Comprehensive home-skills checklist that families can share with teachers to help develop independent living goals.
Criterion- and interview-based assessment of knowledge, skills, and social communication abilities across age ranges.
Assessment with scoring guide, explanations, and goal-setting space across executive-function domains.
Life-skills inventory available as a printable PDF and as a Google Sheets version. For the sheet, open it and go to File > Make a copy before editing.
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Comprehensive checklist covering independent living skills across multiple grade levels for students with significant support needs.
Broad life-skills checklist often useful for students with more significant support needs.
Planning guide for gathering preference information through informal conversations with the student or trusted supporters.
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Fillable PDF version that can be downloaded and shared electronically.
Interview protocols focused on identifying family and community strengths, assets, and priorities for future planning.
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Guide plus student, parent, and educator forms for the AIR Self-Determination Scale.
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Procedural guidelines and formal scale materials for the Arc Self-Determination Scale.
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University of Kansas assessment suite focused on choice making, goal setting, and decision making, with student, parent-teacher, and adult versions.
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One-pager implementation guide and blank form from I'm Determined.
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Guided interview to help students identify future goals and priorities.
Fillable planning form for documenting dreams, preferences, and support needs.
Online self-reflection activity focused on identifying personal strengths.
Online assessment focused on identifying student preferences.
Online assessment focused on identifying support needs and priorities.
Visual supports for discussing dreams, fears, interests, needs, and preferences.
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Online interest profile that generates a score report.
Printable short-form version for student completion.
Department of Labor skills matcher that helps students self-evaluate skills and knowledge.
Short videos offering snapshots of different jobs in English and Spanish.
Career-cluster interest survey available in English and Spanish.
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Career-interest survey focused on student motivators, available in English and Spanish.
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One-page work-skills evaluation.
Two-page values activity to help identify what matters most in a job or career.
Online work-maturity and work-skills self-assessment.
Interest inventory organized around multiple career fields.
Pictorial assessment with matching score sheet for students who benefit from more visual supports.
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Strength- and interest-based pictorial assessment that also includes independent living and leisure.
Assesses student preferences around work qualities like environment and social interaction.
Checklist of prerequisite knowledge and skills for obtaining a job, targeted toward students ages 14-22 with disabilities.
Supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in accessing community services and supports.
Support, information, and training for families of children with disabilities and special healthcare needs.
Kansas state information on HCBS programs for individuals with disabilities and older adults.
Services and support to help individuals with disabilities live independently in the community.
Legal guardianship services for adults with disabilities who do not have family or friends able to serve in that role.
Employment preparation and vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities.
Social enterprise employing individuals with disabilities to create sustainable products.
Arts-based programming for youth with disabilities and other challenges.
Council for Exceptional Children division focused on career development and transition for students with disabilities.
Technical assistance and dissemination center focused on transition planning and services for youth with disabilities.
Training and technical assistance organization aimed at improving transition outcomes for youth with disabilities.
Institute focused on improving transition outcomes and promoting self-determination.
Bell ringers centered around core transition ideas from self-awareness to student participation in the IEP process.
Bell ringers focused on fundamental transition-related skills.
Bell ringers focused on functional transition skills.
Bell ringers focused on daily living and independent living topics.
Bell ringers focused on everyday math skills.
Transition Tennessee resource with lessons, embedded videos, flash cards, and exercises covering a wide range of transition topics.
Kansas-based transition-to-adulthood resource page including overview content, family information, and self-paced modules.
University of Kansas resource explaining supported decision-making as an alternative to guardianship, with examples and videos for students, families, and teams.
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Collection of transition assessments for students, families, and teachers across transition domains.
Guide to the what, why, and how of transition assessment with additional resource links.
Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center matrix for filtering transition assessments by topic, grade level, language, and support need.
Online transition assessment and planning platform with activities related to strengths, preferences, needs, career clusters, and work skills.
The Transition Assessment and Goal Generator from the Zarrow Institute at the University of Oklahoma, with High School and Alternate versions available and a Middle School version noted as in development.
Article outlining steps educators can take to support student-led IEP implementation.
Assessment used alongside the ChoiceMaker curriculum matrix to identify self-determination needs.
Guide for using ChoiceMaker self-determination lessons and mapping results to student needs.
Description, lesson materials, and reproducibles for the ChoiceMaker education-goals module.
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Description, lesson materials, and reproducibles for the ChoiceMaker employment-goals module.
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Description and lesson materials for the ChoiceMaker personal-goals module.
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