Brigance Transition Skills Inventory

1. Brigance Transition SkillsInventory By Sue Watson

2. Addresses IDEA Goals for Transition Planning • Academic Skills • Post-Secondary Opportunities • Independent Living • Community Participation

3. Academic Skills • READING • LISTENING • SPEAKING • FUNCTIONAL WRITING • MATH SKILLS

4. Understanding a student’s current academic skills allows the IEP team to more accurately set transition goals and how the academic skills relate to the secondary education, training, and employment for the student. Goals can be set and a plan of instruction can be determined.

5. Post-Secondary Opportunities • Educational Interests • Career Interests • Career Choices • Work Ethics and Attitudes • Job Interview Questions • Job related knowledge and Skills • Communication and Technology Skills

6. The various components will help determine how well prepared the student is for a wide range of post-secondary activities. Beyond the focus of interests the assessment also helps the evaluator understand the student’s ethics or attitudes. • Employment forms come with their own vocabulary and you can determine if the student has a understanding that will assist him/her in filling out applications.

7. Independent Living • Food • Restaurant Vocabulary • Understanding Food Labels • Food preparation • Recipe Directions • Foods for a balanced diet • Food Costs

8. Independent Living • Clothing and Housing • Determining sizes and how to read them • Labels- washing and cleaning instructions • Housing resources • Tenant Agreements and Leases

9. Independent Living • Money and Finance • Equivalent values of coins and bills • Price Signs • Making Change • Computing totals • Saving on Purchases • Deposit slips, checks and balance computation

10. Independent Living • Health • Medical Vocabulary • Body Parts • Injuries and Symptoms • Infections, Disese, and other health problems • Medical Care and Body Systems • Medicine Labels

11. Independent Living • Birth Control • Sexually Transmitted Diseases • Drug Abuse

12. Independent Living • Travel and Transportation • Traffic Symbols • Car Parts • Driver’s License • Gasoline Mileage and Cost • Road Maps

13. Community Participation • Community Agency Services • Completing applications • Agency Awareness • Agency Documents • Agency Telephone Numbers • Post Office • Library

14. Community Participation • Recreational Facilities • Directional Signs • Restaurant Signs • Employment Signs • Warning and Safety Signs • Warning Labels • Lobby and Store Signs • Citizenship

15. Self-Assessment • Speaking Skills • Listening Skills • Self- Concept General • Self-Concept Job Related • Responsibility and Self-Discipline • Motor Coordination and Job Requirements

16. Cons • The Length of the entire Inventory- it would take many days to work through all of the components • Some of the pages need to be copied prior to do the assessment, so there is quite a bit of preparation time involved

17. PROS • The record book can be used over again to show growth- it can be used up to 6 times • The evaluator can see what the student knew on the previous assessment and judge quickly were to start • Skills are broken down into small increments allowing the evaluator to understand the specific skill needed to make gains

18. Pros • Aligned to IDEA • Sample Objectives are included for each task • Directions on how to Adapt • Overview allows for ease of preparation • Can use online Management System • Cost is $259 for manual and 20 record books