学习障碍
1. 合格的评估员
Professionals conducting assessments, diagnosing learning disabilities, and making recommendations for appropriate academic accommodations must be qualified to administer the required comprehensive test battery and be licensed to diagnose learning disorders as defined by DSM guidelines. The documentation must meet the following criteria:
- include evaluator’s name, title, professional credentials
- be presented on professional letterhead, typed, dated, signed and legible
- the evaluator may not be an immediate family member
2. 当前文档
The impact of a learning disability (LD) on an individual changes over time. To determine the most appropriate accommodations, it is important for documentation to be current – within the past five years if given an aptitude test normed for adults or three years if given an aptitude test normed for children. If your medical document is older than five years old, please have a qualified evaluator as listed above, complete the DRC 102 General Medical and/or 心理健康 Documentation Form and submit it with your most current evaluation, 如下所述.
3. 综合评价
LD评估必须包含:
- 讨论:
- relevant developmental, psychosocial, employment, family, and/or medical history
- an academic history with a history of LD-related accommodation,
- cultural and linguistic background and level of English-language fluency,
- co-morbidity or alternate disorders which may mimic or exacerbate symptoms of LD (if applicable).
- an individually administered Aptitude Test battery (Intelligence or Cognitive tests) with all subtests included. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – 4th 编辑ion (WAIS-IV) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children - 5th 编辑ion (WISC-V) are preferred, depending upon the age of the student at the time of testing.
- an Achievement Test battery, also called an academic achievement battery. The Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery: Tests of Achievement is preferred. The Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) is not comprehensive and is not acceptable as the sole measure of achievement. Achievement tests must show current academic functioning in:
- reading - decoding and comprehension of long passages typical of college texts
- mathematics - applied word problems and calculations, specifically algebra problems
- written language skills - spelling and written expression.
- an Information Processing battery, such as the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude (DTLA) or subtests from the WAIS-IV or WISC-V. These assessments must describe strengths, weaknesses and deficits in:
- 空间视觉能力,
- memory (auditory and visual; short-term and long-term),
- executive functions including: processing speed, attention, and auditory processing.
- 一个清晰的, unequivocal diagnosis of a learning disability based on DSM criteria with diagnostic code and discussions of ruling out alternative explanations and co-morbid diagnoses
- an interpretation of test scores leading to the diagnosis
- a description of current treatments used to manage the impact of the LD
- a description of the current functional limitations of the individual in an academic environment – the ways that the diagnosed LD currently substantially limits the student’s learning
- appropriate and specific recommendations for an academic environment including:
- detailed explanation as to why each accommodation is recommended must be provided
- correlation to functional limitations previously described
- a presentation of all test scores including all raw, broad, standard scores, and percentile ranks.
- Suggestions of reasonable accommodation(s), which might be appropriate at the post-secondary level, 鼓励. These recommendations should be supported by the diagnosis.
4. 支持文档
同时需要, the report of the qualified evaluator is by no means the only documentation we can use to better understand and accommodate the student with a LD. Other helpful documents are: records of accommodation, 高中504计划或iep, and previous psycho-educational evaluations. 请参阅 DRC 102 General Medical and/or 心理健康 Documentation Form, should you wish to add this to your supporting documentation.
*Please note the on-campus DRC office is currently closed. Students must submit documentation as an attachment to (电子邮件保护) prior to their scheduled appointment.