Special educator's complete guide to 109 diagnostic tests

For anyone involved in the special education process, here is a comprehensive practical guide to the most frequently used and helpful tests for diagnosing suspected disabilities of all kings intellectual, perceptual, language, achievement, psychosocial and social maturity from the early childhood years through adolescence.

• Section 1 
• Introduction to Assessment
• Preventive Measures Prior to Assessment
• Defining Assessment
• Purpose of Assessment
• Components of a Thorough Assessment
• How Students are Identified for Assessment
• Assessment and Federal Law
• Parental Consent and the Assessment Process
• Section 2 Methods of Gathering Information
• The Screening and Referral process
• Child Study Teams/Pupil Personnel Teams
• Reviewing School Records
• Looking at the Student's Work
• Interviews
• Testing
• New Outlooks on Assessment
• Section 3 The Wechsler Scales of Intelligence
• How to Determine Relative Process Strengths and Weaknesses on the Wechsler Scales
• Diagnostic Patterns on the Wechsler Scales
• How to Determine Modality or Channel Strengths and Weaknesses on the Wechsler Scales
• Other Forms of Analysis Using the Wechsler Scales
• Strengths of the Wechsler Scales
• Strengths of the Wechsler Scales
• Weaknesses of the Wechsler Scales
• Section 4 Other Intellectual Assessment Measures
• How to Analyze a Student's Intellectual Profile Effectively
• Section 5 Achievement Assessment Measures
• Readin Assessment
• Interpreting Reading Tests
• Oral Reading Assessment
• Reading Comprehension Assessment
• Word Recognition Skills Assessment
• Word Attack Skills Assessment
• Summary of Reading Assessment
• Spelling Assessment
• Interpreting Spelling Tests
• Questions Prior to Assessment
• Information Obtained from the Teacher Prior to Assessment
• Written Language Assessment
• Interpreting Written Composition
• Components OF Writing
• Interpreting Handwriting
• Arithmetic/Mathematics Assessment
• Interpreting Arithmetic/Mathematics Tests
• Comprehensive Achievement Assessment
• Section 6 Perceptual Measures
• The Learning Process
• Objectives of perceptual Evaluation
• Visual Perception Assessment
• Diagnostic Symptoms for Visual Perception Disabilities
• Auditory Perception Assessment
• Diagnostic Symptoms for Auditory Perceptual Disabilities
• Comprehensive Assessment of Perceptual Abilities
• Section 7 An Overview of Language, Psychological & Social and Adaptive Measures
• Speech and Language Assessment
• Interpreting Speech and Language Tests
• Developing Milestones
• Psychological and Social Assessment
• Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Development Adaptive Behavior Assessment
• Assessing Adaptive Behavior
• Section 8 An Overview of Early Childhood, Hearing Impaired, Occupational & Physical Therapy, and Bilingual Tests
• Early Childhood Assessment
• Hearing Assessment
• Causes of Hearing Impairment
• Assessment Measures
• Degrees of hearing Impairment
• Occupational and Physical Therapy Assessment
• Assessment Areas
• The Therapist's Many Roles
• Bilingual Assessment
• Dominant Language
• Referral of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
• Section 9 Understanding a Student's Behavior During Testing
• Adjustment to the Testing Situation