Understanding assessments

There are a variety of assessments schools can use to determine what your child's needs are and how

Psycho-educational assessment by a school psychologist -

A variety of tests to determine education issues:

•Cognitive:     Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
                                Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities
                                 Cognitive Assessment System (CAS)

•Academic:     Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (KTEA)
                                Peabody Individual Achievement Test
                                 Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

•Auditory Processing: Test of Auditory Processing (TAPS)

•Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP)

•Visual Processing: Developmental Test of Visual Processing (TVPS)

•Attention: Test of Everyday Attention

Connors Attention Scales

•Social: Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC)

•Speech/Language Assessments by a Speech Pathologist

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language

Goldman-Fristoe

Oral & Written Language Scales

    •Fine Motor/Sensory Processing Assessment by an Occupational Therapist
   • Vocational Skills by a School Psychologist
   •Educationally Related Mental Health Services by a Behavioral Specialist:

ERMHS/ERICS

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Understanding assessments

There are a variety of assessments schools can use to determine what your child's needs are and how

Law Office of
Michelle Becker