Life Success For Students With Learning Disabilities:
A Teacher Guide
Assessment of the Success Attributes
At present, there are no specific tests or scientific procedures for determining the presence or absence of the success attributes in students. However, your responses to the statements in the following checklists may give you a general indication of where a particular student stands. In responding to these statements, also consider gathering information from other people who know a student (teachers, family members, counselors, etc.). And, as appropriate, don’t forget to include the student in the assessment process. Depending on the strengths and limitations of each student, you may want to develop a modified version of the checklist, or conduct an interview with the student based on the checklist statements. Information from multiple sources will help ensure that the assessment is accurate.
Make sure you get an idea of where the student stands regarding the presence or absence of each attribute and its component parts prior to launching an intervention program. The checklists can be filled out again after completion of the intervention program, or at specified intervals along the way. In this way you will be able to determine any change in the presence or absence of the success attributes.
At present, there are no specific tests or scientific procedures for determining the presence or absence of the success attributes in students. However, your responses to the statements in the following checklists may give you a general indication of where a particular student stands. In responding to these statements, also consider gathering information from other people who know a student (teachers, family members, counselors, etc.). And, as appropriate, don’t forget to include the student in the assessment process. Depending on the strengths and limitations of each student, you may want to develop a modified version of the checklist, or conduct an interview with the student based on the checklist statements. Information from multiple sources will help ensure that the assessment is accurate.
