TExES 161 Transition Planning 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the primary purpose of a person-centered planning approach in transition?
- To ensure the school meets legal compliance requirements
- To build the student's transition plan around their own dreams, strengths, and preferences (Correct answer)
- To prepare the student for placement in an adult day program
- To assign an adult mentor to supervise the student after graduation
Correct answer: To build the student's transition plan around their own dreams, strengths, and preferences
Person-centered planning places the student's own vision, dreams, and preferences at the center of transition planning, ensuring goals are personally meaningful.
Question 2: Which transition assessment method involves directly observing a student performing work tasks in an actual or simulated job setting?
- Curriculum-Based Vocational Assessment
- Situational Assessment (Correct answer)
- Interest Inventory
- Psychoeducational Evaluation
Correct answer: Situational Assessment
A situational assessment observes a student's work behaviors and skills in actual or simulated job environments to inform vocational transition planning.
Question 3: Under IDEA, which postsecondary goal area does NOT have to be addressed in transition planning for every student?
- Postsecondary education or training
- Employment
- Independent living skills (Correct answer)
- Community participation
Correct answer: Independent living skills
Independent living skills must be included only 'where appropriate,' making it the only one of the three IDEA transition goal areas that is conditional rather than mandatory.
Question 4: What is supported employment in the context of transition services?
- A sheltered workshop program for adults with disabilities
- Competitive integrated employment with ongoing supports for individuals with significant disabilities (Correct answer)
- A school-based vocational program within the special education classroom
- An internship program limited to students with mild disabilities
Correct answer: Competitive integrated employment with ongoing supports for individuals with significant disabilities
Supported employment provides ongoing job coaching and support for individuals with significant disabilities to work in competitive, integrated employment settings alongside non-disabled co-workers.
Question 5: Which law guarantees adults with disabilities the right to reasonable accommodations in employment settings?
- IDEA
- Section 504
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (Correct answer)
- The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Correct answer: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits disability-based discrimination in employment and requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Question 6: Which document developed as part of an IEP outlines the specific courses of study a student will complete to help them reach their postsecondary goals?
- Summary of Performance
- Course of Study (Correct answer)
- Behavior Intervention Plan
- Present Level of Performance
Correct answer: Course of Study
The Course of Study is an IEP component that outlines the academic and vocational courses a student will take to help them achieve their postsecondary goals.
TExES 161 Transition Planning 2
What is the primary purpose of a person-centered planning approach in transition?