1. CHAPTER 10: Career and Vocational Assessment
Assessing Students with Special Needs
Fifth Edition
John J. Venn
University of North Florida
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2. Overview Definition Transition services Interest inventories
Prevocational and employability skills
Work sample evaluation
Situational and on-the-job assessment

3. Overview
Measures the broad range of practical life skills necessary for living and working as an adult
Career assessment measures the skills necessary for success in any job
Vocational assessment measures the particular skills necessary for success in specific jobs

4. Overview Stages of Career Education Awareness Exploration Preparation
Placement and follow-up
Specific assessment techniques and procedures apply in each stage

5. Interest Inventories Most interest inventories are written tests
Reading Free Vocational Interest Inventory: 2 (R-FVII-2)
Picture test of vocational interests
Students choose a preferred activity from 55 sets of three pictures
Designed for students with limited reading ability or language problems

6. Prevocational and Employability Skills
Prevocational skills
personal, social, and applied academic skills necessary for success in all jobs
Employability skills
generic skills for success in entry-level jobs
Brigance Transition Skills Inventory (TSI)
Measures academic skills, post-secondary opportunities, independent living, and community participation
Supports transition planning for middle and high school students

7. Work Samples
Tasks, materials, tools, and equipment taken from real jobs or job clusters and used to measure vocational interest and potential
Mechanical assembly
Small tools
Electrical circuitry
Money handling

8. Work Samples
Accuracy and production rates are criteria for assessing work sample performance
Valpar Component Work Sample System
24 work samples
Teacher-made work samples

9. Situational and On-the-Job
Measures vocational behavior in actual work settings
Includes on-the-job try outs and job-site evaluations
Assessment procedures include written tests, observation, and task analysis

10. Task Analysis Breaking down a difficult task into small steps
Enables the learner to more easily learn the task
Instructional strategy and assessment technique

11. Task Analysis Steps in the process Identify the steps in the task
Evaluate the task to determine instructional approaches
Prepare a data collection form to measure progress
Begin instruction
Revise the task using progress data

12. Summary
Involves assessing work skills and related competencies including social interaction, functional academics, and daily living activities
Post school success is the goal
Appraisal procedures include written tests, work samples, situational and on-the-job assessment techniques, and task analysis