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The Survey of Teenage Readiness and Neurodevelopmental Status (STRANDS) is an assessment tool that provides an overview of an adolescent’s own perceptions of his or her functioning across a variety of neurocognitive and psychosocial domains. STRANDS is one of the few measurement tools that capitalizes on the evolving metacognitive abilities of students from ages 13 to 19 by directly asking them how they perceive their own performance and the strategies they use.

Designed to be administered by any professionals who work with adolescents, STRANDS provides clues and guidance to the clinician, counselor, teacher, or researcher about how students process information and how they function in school and in their social lives. STRANDS can be used to suggest areas of adolescent functioning that require more detailed evaluation and follow-up and can provide additional guidance in selecting follow-up measures. Responses can indicate the need for specific teaching or counseling strategies based on students’ perceived strengths and weaknesses.

Based on a metacognitive theoretical model, STRANDS has been through 6 years of technical development, standardization, and test modification. Quantitative and qualitative scoring procedures have been incorporated, along with excellent psychometric properties that include representative normative data from students ranging from 13 to 19 years of age.

STRANDS consists of a Manual of Instructions (necessary for administration, scoring, and interpretation of the assessment), a Student Questionnaire and Student Interview, and Profile Sheets for recording scores. For information about each of these components, click on an individual title below.

A technical supplement containing specific reliability and validity information is available as a free download:

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#	Item	Grade Range	1-5	6+	Quantity	Sub-total
1940-WX	STRANDS–Complete Set 1–5 pricing: 99.75 6+ pricing: 69.85 STRANDS assesses an adolescent’s performance in a variety of developmental through an interview and a questionnaire. The questions are designed to elicit responses based upon 8 key neurocognitive constructs: attention, memory, sequencing ability, language, visual-perceptual ability, motor ability, organization and strategy, and higher-order cognition. The interview and questionnaire cover the following topics: • Attention • Memory • Sequencing • Language • Visual processing • Motor functions • Organization and strategies • Higher-order cognition • Clinical impressions and observations • School skills • School life • Social life • School and work preferences • Reasons • Academic expectations The STRANDS complete set includes the Manual of Instructions, 1 dozen Student Questionnaires and Student Interview Booklets, and 1 dozen Profile Sheets. For descriptions of each of these items, click on the list below. A technical supplement containing specific reliability and validity information is available as a free download: Download STRANDS Technical Supplement Skills Addressed Assessment of: • Attention • Memory • Sequencing • Language • Visual processing • Motor functions • Organization and strategies • Higher-order cognition • Metacognitive awareness • Observations • School skills • School life • Social life • School and work preferences • Reasons • Academic expectations	Ungraded	99.75	69.85
1941-WX	STRANDS–Manual of Instructions 1–5 pricing: 24.35 6+ pricing: — The Manual of Instructions contains all the information necessary to administer, score, and interpret STRANDS. The manual provides the rationale for the exam, an explanation of metacognition, detailed explanations of the test questions, instructions for administration and scoring of the exam, clinical interpretation, and a case study. Technical information on test development, reliability, and validity are also included along with a list of references. A technical supplement containing specific reliability and validity information is available as a free download: Download STRANDS Technical Supplement Skills Addressed Assessment of: • Attention • Memory • Sequencing • Language • Visual processing • Motor functions • Organization and strategies • Higher-order cognition • Metacognitive awareness • Observations • School skills • School life • Social life • School and work preferences • Reasons • Academic expectations	Ungraded	24.35	—
1942-WX	STRANDS–Student Questionnaire and Student Interview Booklet 1–5 pricing: 84.45 6+ pricing: 59.15 The Student Questionnaire and Student Interview Booklet are the backbone of the STRANDS test. The Student Questionnaire is completed independently in approximately 20 minutes. The adolescent reports how he or she perceives school life, social life, school and work preferences, school skills, and short-term academic expectations by rating various aspects of those elements on a scale of 1–5. The student also provides possible explanations for his or her school performance by responding to theoretical situations such as having trouble understanding a chapter, or getting an A on a test. The Student Interview takes approximately 40 minutes to administer by a skilled interviewer. The questions are designed to elicit responses based upon 8 key neurocognitive constructs: attention, memory, sequencing ability, language, visual-perceptual ability, motor ability, organization and strategy, and higher-order cognition. Students are asked to report, through response cards, how true various statements are for them; for example, “In history, I get mixed up about what things happened before or after what other things.” After each segment of the exam, there is a metacognitive awareness section where students respond to open-ended questions from the examiner. Space is provided for the interviewer’s comments and clinical impressions, and recommendations. Student Questionnaires and Student Interview Booklets are sold in packages of 2 dozen: 1 dozen of each. A technical supplement containing specific reliability and validity information is available as a free download: Download STRANDS Technical Supplement Features The Interview topics include: Attention • Mental energy control • Processing control • Production control Memory • Short-term/active working memory • Long-term memory • General memory Sequencing Language • Receptive language • Expressive language • Pragmatic language Visual Processing Motor Functions • Gross motor functions • Fine motor functions • Graphomotor functions Organization and Strategies • Organization • Strategic approach Higher-Order Cognition • Social/political cognition • Verbal cognition • Nonverbal cognition • Creativity	Ungraded	84.45	59.15
1943-WX	STRANDS–Profile Sheets 1–5 pricing: 7.20 6+ pricing: 5.05 Profile Sheets for the Student Interview and Student Questionnaire are used to plot a student’s summary scores to obtain standard scores and percentiles in each of the 8 neurocognitive categories that the exam tests. Profile sheets are sold in packages of 1 dozen. A technical supplement containing specific reliability and validity information is available as a free download: Download STRANDS Technical Supplement Skills Addressed Assessment of: • Attention • Memory • Sequencing • Language • Visual processing • Motor functions • Organization and strategies • Higher-order cognition • Metacognitive awareness • Observations • School skills • School life • Social life • School and work preferences • Reasons • Academic expectations	Ungraded	7.20	5.05
1944-WX	STRANDS–Specimen Set 1–5 pricing: 26.95 6+ pricing: 18.90 The STRANDS Specimen Set includes a Manual of Instructions, a Student Interview Booklet, and Student Questionnaire. For information about each of these individual items, click on a title below. A technical supplement containing specific reliability and validity information is available as a free download: Download STRANDS Technical Supplement Skills Addressed Assessment of: • Attention • Memory • Sequencing • Language • Visual processing • Motor functions • Organization and strategies • Higher-order cognition • Metacognitive awareness • Observations • School skills • School life • Social life • School and work preferences • Reasons • Academic expectations	Ungraded	26.95	18.90