A comprehensive academic assessment is typically the cornerstone of our involvement when providing academic rehabilitation services for students with ABI. This assessment outlines clearly how a student with ABI is likely to cope with specific demands of the school curriculum, and how instructional intervention can facilitate coping with these demands. Assessment measures include norm-referenced tests, which give information about how much the child knows compared to other children; criterion-referenced tests, which give detailed information about what the child knows; and trial teaching, which helps shape a recommendations for academic remediation. Our academic assessment reports make concrete programming recommendations for addressing skill weaknesses in the classroom and through individualized instruction. Our assessments typically include the following:

• Review of previous assessments, hospital and school records, and other documents
  
• Administration of a comprehensive assessment of core academic skills (reading decoding, reading comprehension, mathematics calculation, mathematics application and problem-solving, spelling, and written language).
• Classroom observation, and consultation with school personnel
• Preparation of a detailed, written report of assessment findings, and a treatment plan

Re-assessment

Usually scheduled every 12 months for the length of time that a student remains in school, academic re-assessments are crucial to informing the rehabilitation plan. They measure the effectiveness of intervention and probe for any latent manifestations of difficulties attributable to the injury. Reassessments include the following: