Tag: special education evaluation
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Conners-3 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide Conners-3: What parents actually need to know. Conners, Third Edition The Conners-3 is the rating scale most commonly used when ADHD is on the table. Parents, teachers, and sometimes the child fill out forms about behavior at home and at school. This guide walks through what the scales measure, which numbers…
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BASC-3 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide BASC-3: What parents actually need to know. Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition The BASC-3 is the widest behavioral net in a school evaluation. It asks parents, teachers, and (for older kids) the child themselves to describe emotional and behavioral functioning across dozens of areas: attention, anxiety, depression, social skills,…
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BRIEF-2 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide BRIEF-2: What parents actually need to know. Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition The BRIEF-2 does not test your child. It asks the adults who see your child every day what they observe: the forgotten homework, the meltdowns over schedule changes, the backpack chaos. Because executive function lives in…
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CTOPP-2 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide CTOPP-2: What parents actually need to know. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, Second Edition The CTOPP-2 is the most dyslexia-sensitive instrument in the standard evaluation battery. It measures the underlying skills that make reading possible: phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming. If dyslexia is on the table for your child,…
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SDQA Explainer
A Parent Field Guide SDQA: What parents actually need to know. San Diego Quick Assessment The SDQA is a quick reading screener used in many schools. It takes five to ten minutes. The results look meaningful but say far less than they appear to. Here is what this test actually measures, what it cannot tell…
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WIAT-4 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide WIAT-4: What parents actually need to know. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Fourth Edition The WIAT-4 is the achievement test you will see paired with a cognitive test like the WISC-V in most full evaluations. It measures what your child has actually learned in reading, writing, math, and language. This guide walks…
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WISC-V Explainer
A Parent Field Guide WISC-V: What parents actually need to know. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition The WISC-V is the cognitive test you are most likely to see in your child’s evaluation report if they are between 6 and 16. This guide walks through what it tests, what the numbers mean, what to…