Good Morning! 

 

This is the second day of discussion and the topic today is screening and
diagnosis for learning disabilities. I want to talk about the screenings
that Ohio uses with their ABLE students. A separate email will address the
challenges we have faced helping our students to access costly diagnostic
services. I hope to learn from the discussion list what is being used in
other programs across the country. 

 

Day 2: Challenges with LD Screening and Diagnosis  
* LD Screening Instruments Used in Ohio ABLE
* Challenges and Recent Successes in Accessing Diagnostic Services for
Students in Ohio ABLE Programs 

 

Questions for You:

* What LD screenings are other states using?
* What have other programs serving adults with learning disabilities done to
increase access to diagnostic services? 

*What more can be done?

 

The screening used in Ohio ABLE are:

 

1.	Washington 13
Developed from Payne Inventory 
Used and normed on adult female TANF population
13 questions with weighted answers
 if score is 12+, refer for further assessment
Quick scoring
 Interview styles is good for generating additional conversation with
learner
 Free

 
<https://able-ohiou2.ssllink.com/downloads/13qexplanation.pdf?SESS=cf7a497bc
dcc46ff0cbc0fefd5c56e0b&time=1199977280> Click here for an explanation of
the 13 questions
 
<https://able-ohiou2.ssllink.com/downloads/wastateldreport.pdf?SESS=cf7a497b
cdcc46ff0cbc0fefd5c56e0b&time=1199977280> Click here for the 1998 Washington
State TANF Study.

 

2.	Cooper Screening of Information Processing (CSIP)
Available from: Richard Cooper
Learning Disabilities Resources
Box 716
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

www.learningdifferences.com

*        Interview style

*        Some skills testing

*        Long and short forms (approximately 45 minutes and 1.5 hours)

*        Developed and normed for adults (high reliability)

 

3.	STALD - Screening Test for Adults with Learning Difficulties
Dorothy Montgomery, M.Ed.
Region IX Education Service Center
Wichita Falls, Texas

Reading Inventory

*        Somewhat lengthy to administer

*        Originally developed for children; revised for adults (not
reliability tested for adults

*        Free (public domain)

Provides information on:

*        Alphabet skills

*        Near-copying

*        Basic phonetic knowledge

*        Visual memory for words

*        Auditory discrimination

*        Spelling

*        Word recognition

*        Reading levels

Frustration
Instructional
Independent

4.  (ALDS) Adult Learning Disabilities Screening Battery (ALDS), 1999
Available from: Kaw Valley Resources
1250 Lecompton Road
Perry, KS 66073
785-331-3659
KVRInc at yahoo.com <https://able-ohiou2.ssllink.com/> 

*         Students read and answer questions independently

*         Requires a 6th grade reading level

*         Carbonless, color-coded pages (consumable cost to program)

*         Teacher scores

*         Weighted answers determine need for further assessment

*          Developed and normed for adults (high reliability)

Three parts for student:

1. Self-rating scales (25 questions) - Strongly agree to strongly disagree

*         Self-Attribution

*         Spelling skills

*         Reading skills

*         Social skills

*         Efficiency

*         Sense of Direction

*         Organizational Skills

2. Self-Administered Inventory (19 questions) - Yes/No

*         Learning Influences

*         Learning Problems

*         Educational Experience

*         Mental Health

*         Fraction Skills

*         Math Operations

3. Interview
Based on previous responses - requests further information

Additional questions for administrator:
11 questions on student's rapport and participation

 

5.	Destination Literacy: Identifying and Teaching Adults with Learning
Disabilities, 1999
Available from: Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
323 Chapel Street, Suite 200
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7Z2
613-238-5721



*        Interview style

*        Subject assessments: Reading, Writing, Math - performance based

*        Can be used in pieces

*        Guidelines for using materials

*        Inexpensive

 

6.	PowerPath  to Basic Learning
Available from TLP Group 
PO Box 21510 
Columbus OH  43221

1.800.641.3632
www.powerpath.com <http://www.powerpath.com/>  

 

Developed by Dr. Laura Weisel, an adult education professional

 

Components:



*         Information Processing Screening

o        Vision Function

o        Auditory Function

o        Visual Processing

o        Auditory Processing

o        Reading Encoding and Decoding

*         Attention Difficulties Screening

*         Visual Stress Syndrome Screening

 

*         Takes about 1.5 hour for full screening. 

 

*         Data is input into a software program from which an individualized
report is generated 

 

*         Report is shared with teacher and student and a plan for using
that knowledge is written

 

*         Extensive in-depth training is required

 

*         Equipment must be purchased - some is consumable.

 

7.	Payne Inventory

*         Developed by Nanci Payne - for adults

*         Requires multi-day training



 

Sharon

 

Sharon Reynolds

Coordinator

Central/Southeast ABLE Resource Center

338 McCracken Hall

Ohio University

Athens, Ohio 45701

 

1(800 )753 - 1519

(740) 593 - 0969

FAX (740) 593 - 2834

 <mailto:reynols1 at ohio.edu> reynols1 at ohio.edu

 

"When one teaches, two learn." - Robert Half

 

 

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