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Occupational skills and work behaviors can be assessed in situational work assessments and include capacities and competencies to
perform essential job duties of specific competitive employment positions. For example, the measurement of the clients keyboarding
proficiency may be predictive of her/his abilities to succeed in a job where duties require minimum standards of speed for data entry
or word processing. Situational assessments offer a client the opportunity to perform job tasks in real work environments under real
work conditions. Participation in a variety of situational assessment situations across work settings may provide insight for the client
into her or his employment preferences as well as skills and abilities. A variety of job types should be explored, and the client's
reaction to each recorded to compare which may be her or his most preferred job type. Students performing real work in multiple work
environments can also provide information about the clien's work characteristics, interests, skills, and abilities, learning style and
workplace support needs.
A situational assessment can be utilized for:
Transition age IEP development of employment /education/training post-secondary goals
Progress monitoring of annual goals
Information and community agency referral
Situational Vocational Assessment - Real work settings are used to enable the client to explore vocational aptitudes, to demonstrate
the types of support services needed to enhance optimal performance, or to assist the student to acquire specific skills and abilities.
This on-the-job assessment considers what has been learned and how; what aptitudes are demonstrated; and what training and support
strategies are necessary for developing competencies.
Functional Vocational Assessment an assessment to determine a clients strengths, abilities and needs in an actual or simulated work
setting or in real work sample experiences.
Sept. 2011
Situational Assessment
Name:
date:
Completes majority of
Completes all tasks
the tasks proficiently
given with proficiency
Demonstrates a
Demonstrates a
positive attitude about
positive attitude about all
work in some situations work situations
Is inconsistent
communicating needs/wants
in an appropriate manner
Consistently communicates
all needs/wants in an
appropriate manner
Attempts to come to a
solution independently, but
may require assistance
Demonstrates respect
for self and others with
few prompts
Attendance:
# days attended____________
# Days Scheduled_______________
Completes
Completes
Completes
Above
Average
Low
Poor
95% -100%
85% - 95%
85% - 50%
required
productivity productivity productivity
independently independently independently productivity
1.
status:
[ ] Open/active
[ ] not yet referred
Other Community Agency Referral
[ ] Open/active
[ ] not yet referred
[ ] Supported Employment
[ ] Independent Placement
4. What instructional techniques were effective for directing and re-directing the student?
[ ] Verbal
[ ] Model/gesture
[ ] Physical
( 2.)
( 3. )