Key Takeaways

All team members, including the youth and family, can share responsibility to actively gather transition assessment data.

A multi agency team contributes from a variety of viewpoints, and broadens the pool of assessment tools and methods to address the questions.

A youth's unique needs may require a particular type or format for assessment in order for him/her to '"show what they know'.

Some tool and methods can assess multiple skills, gathering information to respond to more than one assessment question.

Analyzing, summarizing and drawing conclusions from the collected information completes a transition assessment cycle.

Transition assessment is ongoing. Once an AATA cycle is completed, the team continues to collect information to inform the next cycle.