The Tools You Need

These are our favorite resources we've gathered to incorporate into our work aimed at helping people with disabilities achieve their employment goals.

• Pre-ETS Student Self-Assessment - A student self assessment for all five required activities under pre-employment transition services that calculates percentages within each Pre-ETS activity. From Minnesota State Services for the Blind (SSB).
• Career One-Stop - Your source for career exploration, training, and jobs.
• Taking Assessments - An activity for students to reflect on their experiences with taking assessments, explore the idea of assessments as tools for self-discovery and growth, and express their concerns and expectations regarding taking assessments. From T-Folio.
• Values - Lesson plan and activities to help students determine their values and to prioritize them. Developed by the Utah State Office of Education.
• Work/Team Styles
• Learning Style - Have you ever wondered why you do better in some classes than others? It may depend on your individual learning style. Your learning style influences the way you understand information and solve problems.
• Character Assessment - The stronger your character, the more attractive you are as a potential job candidate.
• Personality Type Assessment - Take the Myer's Briggs Personality Test and get a “freakishly accurate” description of who you are and why you do things the way you do.
• Photo Career Quiz - This super-quick quiz doesn't require any reading at all—just choose the images that appeal to you most and discover how your choices can point you toward your ideal career.
• Career One-Stop: Find Your Interests - Tell us what you like to do and what you don’t like to do. We’ll show you careers that fit your interests.
• Career Clusters Interest Survey - Everyone has a different way to describe themselves and what they like to do. This survey lets you rate activities you enjoy, your personal qualities, and school subjects you like. Then you can see which career clusters are a match for your interests.
• Teen Activity: Disclosure > Self-Assessment - Are you an expert on your disability? Answer these questions to see how much you know about yourself.
• Personal Preferences Indicator: A Guide for Planning - A guide to learn the personal preferences of a person with a developmental disability. From the University of Oklahoma.
• Employment Readiness Checklist for Students with Disabilities Exiting High School - A self-assessment tool to determine the status of employment readiness and serve as a guide for further employment preparation. Developed by Florida's Project 10: Transition Education Network.
• ChoiceMaker Self-Determination Assessment - A tool for educators to measure students' self-determination skills and progress in the ChoiceMaker Self-Determination Curriculum.