This section will provide specific assessment tools and resources for the following disability areas: Visual Impairment, Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Students with Complex Support Needs. There are listings of assessments that can meet students who are non-readers and those who participate in alternate assessments and have complex support needs.
Visual Impairment Assessments and Resources
Recreation and Leisure for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired (various resources) - FREE
https://www.visionaware.org/info/everyday-living/recreation-and-leisure/12
Teaching Students with Visual Impairments - Free & $$
https://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/mobility-skills.html
Total Life Learning: Preparing for Transition. A Curriculum for All Students with Sensory Impairments - $$
https://askhowe.perkins.org/sites/default/files/222482_EmGraph_PerkinsTL-FinalWeb.pdf
Transition and Students with Visual Impairment Resources - FREE
https://msb.dese.mo.gov/educators/documents/TransitionResourcesForBTF102215.pdf
Michigan Independent Living Skills Guide (exiting grade 10) - FREE
Transition for Youth with Visual Impairments - FREE
http://www.perkinselearning.org/scout/transition-youth-visual-impairments
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Assessments and Resources
Gallaudet Family Support This website offers information regarding early intervention, testing, hearing aids, learning sign language, cochlear implants, language in the home, as well as family support. https://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/national-resources/micro-sites/setting-language-in-motion/eng/setting-language-in-motion/modules/overview.html
Endependence Center This organization provides individual advocacy assistance for students with special needs. https://endependence.org/services/advocacy/ Assistive technology person is Shernika Holley who handles Deaf & HoH services.
Endependence Center - www.endependence.org This is a community based organization that focuses on independent living skills for people with disabilities. This includes training on using assistive technology devices (posted under their “Hearing Outreach” tab), advocacy, Peer Mentoring, and more. Their assistive technology access is also in their partnership with Virginia Department of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Regional Technology Assistance Program (TAP) https://www.vddhh.org/equipment.htm
Ms. Shernika Holley
Endependence Center, Inc.
6300 East Virginia Beach Blvd.
Norfolk, VA 23502
Office: 757-383-9786
Email: sholley@endependence.org
Hands and Voices - The Transition Process from High School to Postsecondary Education (For Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students) - FREE
http://www.handsandvoices.org/needs/transition.htm
Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Manual for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students - FREE
https://www.in.gov/isdh/files/Indiana_Secondary_Transition_Resource_Manual.pdf
Minnesota Transition Guide for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - FREE
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/DHH-Resources/Transition-Guide/default.html
National Association of the Deaf – (Employment Resources) - FREE
https://www.nad.org/resources/employment-and-vocational-rehabilitation/
Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing – (Job Training Resources) - FREE
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/odhh/index.htm
Pennsylvania Secondary Transition Guide - FREE
http://www.secondarytransition.org/disability/deaf_hard_of_hearing
Visual/Pictorial and Alternate Assessments
for Students with Complex Support Needs
Transition Assessments for Students with Significant Disabilities—Transition Coalition - FREE
https://transitioncoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SD-assessment-Review-form-DL-3.18.15.pdf
1,2,3 Testing – On-line Career Test - FREE
https://www.123test.com/career-test/
Career and Academic Coaching - $$
http://www.hollandcodes.com/picture-interest-test.html
Career Interest Inventory (With Pictures and descriptions) - FREE
https://www.cves.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PictureCareerInterest_Inventory.pdf
Career Services - Picture Interest Career Survey - $$
https://www.careerbookstore.com/Picture-Interest-Career-Survey-p/87013.htm
Let’s Get to Work - Transition Planning Tool - FREE
Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence / Assessment - FREE / $$
http://ocali.org/topic/assessment/
Photo Career Quiz - FREE
https://www.truity.com/test/photo-career-quiz
Pictorial Interest Inventory (for non-readers) - FREE
https://www.cves.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Pictoral_Interest_Inventory_template_SHEN.pdf
Plan for Conducting Discovery---Montana Rural Institute - FREE
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dOhM3iDo_DcmNcDPYD2QHwITmNDCyUJN/view?usp=sharing
Personal Preferences Inventory—Center of Learning and Leadership University of Oklahoma - FREE
https://www.ou.edu/content/dam/Education/documents/personal-preference-indicator.pdf
Mental Health Tools and Resources for Transition Planning
Health Transition Wisconsin - Supporting Youth to Adult Health Care Transition (UW-Madison) - FREE
https://healthtransitionwi.org/
Mental Health and High School Curriculum Guide: Understanding Mental Health and Mental Illness - FREE
Pathways Comics (Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures) - FREE
https://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/comics
Health Care Transition Readiness Assessment for Students - FREE
https://www.gottransition.org/resource/?tra-iep-english
Teen Compass Wellness Notebook: Samaritan Family Wellness Foundation - FREE
https://shop.samaritanfamilywellness.org/products/the-teen-compass-wellness-notebook-pdf-file
Mental Health Resource Guide – FREE
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L1dekwQ8a7TcjU0pCQ_nEtuLVxGl8n4zKkDu0-DtDa8/edit
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