Some types of Informal assessment measures: What does the team Tools/methods to be Who is responsible When will information When will information What answers were Interviews, questionnaires or surveys need to know? used/ considered to for collecting the be collected? be reported to team? discovered? Direct observations (Question Four answer the question information? Anecdotal records Information) Environmental/situational analysis 1. Date Curriculum-based assessments Interest inventories Updated Plan Preference assessments Information Transition planning inventories Community or work - based observations Some types of formal measures: Adaptive behavior assessments 2. Date Independent living assessments Aptitude tests Updated Plan Interest assessments Information Intelligence tests Achievement tests Personality or preference tests Career development measures On the job or training evaluations 3. Date Measures of self-determination Updated Plan Some domains to include for assessment: Information Assistive and mobile technology Self-care skills Employability skills Orientation and mobility, travel training Safety and Health care 4. Date Mental health needs Communication skills and/or systems Updated Plan Orientation to the community Information Daily living skills Decision making/problem solving skills NEXT STEPS Once the assessment plan is in place, the multi-agency team is Transfer the following information into the youth’s Backwards Plan: ready to begin to develop or continue to refine the youth’s What assessments will be done and when. coordinated transition plan. Who will conduct the assessment, collect data, and share information with the team and when? Make adjustments to the Backwards plan based on the results of the assessments. Use the template to For example: What additional PINS were discovered? Do post-school goals change? What Ohio Employment First Backwards Planning develop a comprehensive plan in a single easy-to-follow document. services, supports, or course of study were identified as needed? What additional formal or informal supports should be added to the team? Question Five - ASSESSMENT PLAN: What assessment tools, methods and strategies will be used to answer the assessment questions identified in previous steps?
Some types of Informal assessment measures: Interviews, questionnaires or surveys Direct observations Anecdotal records Environmental/situational analysis Curriculum-based assessments Interest inventories Preference assessments Transition planning inventories Community or work - based observations Some types of formal measures: Adaptive behavior assessments Independent living assessments Aptitude tests Interest assessments Intelligence tests Achievement tests Personality or preference tests Career development measures On the job or training evaluations Measures of self-determination Some domains to include for assessment: Assistive and mobile technology Self-care skills Employability skills Orientation and mobility, travel training Safety and Health care Mental health needs Communication skills and/or systems Orientation to the community Daily living skills Decision making/problem solving skills What does the team need to know? (Question Four Information) Tools/methods to be used/ considered to answer the question Who is responsible for collecting the information? When will information be collected? When will information be reported to team? What answers were discovered? 1. Date Updated Plan Information 2. Date Updated Plan Information 3. Date Updated Plan Information 4. Date Updated Plan Information NEXT STEPS Once the assessment plan is in place, the multi-agency team is ready to begin to develop or continue to refine the youth’s coordinated transition plan. Use the Ohio Employment First Backwards Planning template to develop a comprehensive plan in a single easy-to-follow document. Transfer the following information into the youth’s Backwards Plan: What assessments will be done and when. Who will conduct the assessment, collect data, and share information with the team and when? Make adjustments to the Backwards plan based on the results of the assessments. For example: What additional PINS were discovered? Do post-school goals change? What services, supports, or course of study were identified as needed? What additional formal or informal supports should be added to the team? Question Five - ASSESSMENT PLAN: What assessment tools, methods and strategies will be used to answer the assessment questions identified in previous steps?
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