An evaluation of Success and Dyslexia - a multi component school-based coping program for primary school students with learning disabilities: Is it feasible?

• Published in: Australian journal of learning difficulties 2012-11, Vol.17 (2), p.147-162
• Main Authors: Firth, Nola Virginia, Frydenberg, Erica, Bond, Lyndal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Australia; Coping; Dyslexia and Success Program; Elementary School Students; Elementary schools; Faculty Development; Feasibility Studies; Foreign Countries; Grade 6; Intervention; Learning Disabilities; Primary education; Professional development; Program Evaluation; Program Implementation; Sustainability; Whole school approach; Year 6
• ISSN: 1940-4158; 1940-4166
• DOI: 10.1080/19404158.2012.713368

A learning disabilities coping program was implemented in the final year of two primary schools within the context of a whole class coping program and whole school learning disabilities professional development. Using data collected over three years from school surveys, reports, interviews, school documents and a field diary, this paper reports on the feasibility of implementing and sustaining this intervention. The schools successfully implemented the program and continue to use components of it. Facilitators were: priority given by the school, usefulness and ease of use of the coping program, teacher skill and interest and maintenance of the connection between the universal and withdrawal aspects of the program. It is likely there is a need for increased presence of the above facilitators for continued implementation of all components of the intervention to be sustained.