I really like the part about changing from LD Specialist to Learning
Specialist!  I wonder if that will get a reaction from the folks out
there?

Judy A. Campbell
Learning Disabilities Specialist
IEL/ABE/CCS

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Candyce
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Subject: [LearningDisabilities 1134] (LearningDisabilities 1131) WA
State LDProject Day 2

2.  What funding is used to pay the LD Specialists and what are their
job qualifications?
 
In order to begin training as a learning disability specialist, the
following qualifications are required:
 

*	Master's degree in learning disabilities, special education,
education, psychology, educational psychology , or rehabilitation
counseling; AND 4 or more units of upper division or graduate study in
assessment. Training/classes in learning disabilities preferred. 
*	Two years experience teaching adults or high school students 
*	Completion of Washington State LD Project Training - Intake,
Screening, and Referral Model 
*	Completion of training in WAIS III and/or Woodcock-Johnson III
Tests of Cognitive Ability 
*	Completion of Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement

Once these qualifications are met, a 3 day training is required to learn
our assessment model. A certificate is issued upon completion of 2
complete written evaluations. Our model includes a sign off by a
licensed psychologist.

The funding issue!

These positions are basically funded on a school by school basis where
there are administrators who can round up necessary resources in a
limited funding environment to support this cause!  There is no secure
source of funding and many folks are performing this job with a stipend
on top of their regualr positions as faculty or counselors.  

We are moving towards identifying this position as "learning specialist"
instead of "ld specialist" as this job description better descirbes all
aspects of what we do and is not soley focused on working with students
with learning disabilities. We are a resource to both students and
teachers who would like to be more successful in their learning and
teaching.

 

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