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LEARNING DISABILITY - The assessment must indicate an aptitude-achievement discrepancy with aptitude being greater.
The neurophychological, psychoeducational, or psychological evaluation for the diagnosis of a specific learning disability must provide clear evidence that a learning disability does or does not exist.
Aptitude Assessment - Intellectual functioning which demonstrates average or above average intelligence.
- WAIS III or Stanford - Binet 4th edition are recommended
- Raven is accepted it if can be demonstrated that use or the above tests are contraindicated due to severe language deficits
Include scaled scores of all sub-tests
- Achievement Assessment
- Individually administered measure of level of achievement - A screen of level of achievement is not acceptable
- Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery -revised or the WIAT are recommended: or any combination of instruments determining current achievement in reading, written language, and mathematics.
Report - A full written report is required and must include the following:
- Dates of assessment
- Names, titles, certification or license number
- Summary of results
- All stub-test scores
- Statement of diagnosis\
- Statement of functional limitations
- All scores should be reported in standard score format
- A school plan, such as an IEP, or 504 plan is insufficient documentation.
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