The deficit must represent a logical basis for the academic deficit. For example, one would not expect a specific fine motor deficit to be directly linked to a reading disability. Oral language skills should be assessed and discussed. The assessment of auditory comprehension is also helpful. Social-emotional status should be assessed and discussed.
College is typically quite stressful for students who have learning disorders.
In an attempt to best serve students, it is also helpful to know about their personality characteristics, psychological welfare, self-esteem and stress level. If a written language sample is available to review, this is most helpful. Please indicate the student's ability to comprehend longer passages, more typical of college text than some assessment instruments provide, and their automaticity and fluency in reading appropriate level texts. Please indicate whether or not the student was successful with algebra problems. Scores rarely provide this.