Essential Skills

  • Competitive Employment Skill Sheet * – (Living, Learning, & Working) This assessment includes basic skills in the area of work and a few skills related to living and learning. Skills included are self-determination, academic and lifelong learning, daily living, health and physical care, mobility, money management, social skills, and workplace readiness skills.
  • Northwest AEA Working Assessment Rubric *  – (Working) This rubric allows users to assess basic working and learning skills. The rubric uses a 1-5 scale for completing assigned tasks, dependability, working as a team, accepting directions/instruction, and job seeking skills.
  • The Field Hoffman Self-Determination Assessment Battery –  (Living, Learning, & Working) The Field Hoffman Self-Determination Assessment Battery uses five instruments to measure cognitive, behavioral, and affective traits to determine levels of self-determination.  Perspectives are gathered from students, parents, and teachers.
  • Choice Maker Self-Determination Assessment – (Living, Learning, & Working) According to The Choice Maker Self-Determination Assessment this tool provides information on self-determination skills students need to be successful in adult life.  These represent student needs from which annual transition goals may be developed. This assessment also provides a score for Opportunity at School, for example, the degree to which the school provides a structured, planned time for the student to perform each of the skills.
  • AIR Self-Determination Assessments – (Living, Learning, & Working) According to Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment, the AIR Self-Determination Assessment produces a profile of the student’s level of self-determination, identifies areas of strength and areas needing improvement, and identifies specific educational goals that can be incorporated into the student’s IEP. A 1-5 scale is used to determine student self-determination traits.
  • ARC Self-Determination Scale – (Living, Learning, & Working) According to Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment, the ARC Self-Determination Scale helps determine self-determination strengths and weaknesses of adolescents with disabilities. After students complete the assessment, the ARC Scale yields a total self-determination score and four sub-domain scores: Autonomy, Self-Regulation, Psychological Empowerment, and Self-Realization.

Intermediate Skills

  • Employability/Life Skills Assessment – (Living, Learning & Working) This detailed assessment provides the opportunity to assess broad skill areas and specific skills such as self-help, work habits, work quantity, work quality, relationship skills, and work attitude.

Comprehensive Skills

  • Employability/Life Skills Assessment – (Living, Learning & Working) This detailed assessment provides the opportunity to assess broad skill areas and specific skills such as self-help, work habits, work quantity, work quality, relationship skills, and work attitude. In addition, progress can be tracked over time for ages 14 to 21.

*The Northwest Area Education Agency has given Central Rivers AEA permission to share this file publicly on our site.