Life skill development should form the crux of the educational management of individuals with special needs, especially in the school leaving stage when they get ready to leave the sheltered childhood life in school and face the rigors of adulthood in life outside schools. There have been some efforts in this front for individuals with developmental disabilities, but not much work has been done for individuals with hidden disabilities like hearing impairment apart from preparation or training as part of vocational rehabilitation. The first step of such comprehensive educational rehabilitation would be to assess the level of life skill development in the individual learners in order to identify areas of lacunae and then plan and implement necessary remedial measures.

The Readiness Checklist for Post-School Transition is a screening checklist for appraising the readiness of adolescents with hearing impairment in the school leaving stage and after for post-school transition. The checklist will be useful in the post school rehabilitation of adolescents with hearing impairment in the country.