CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS WITH MILD/MODERATE INTERVENTION NEEDS

SPED 4/53050INSTRUCTOR: BRIAN FRIEDT

Week ten: Assessment and

identification

Structure of the week

Slight deviation from syllabusShorter PowerPointEmphasis on the literatureTurning point for the classNo quiz this week

Be sure to participate in the on-line discussion

SLD

Discrepancy IQ test (i.e. WISC) Achievement test (i.e. WIAT) Significant difference between the two

Response to Intervention Assumes good instruction Students who don’t respond to instruction that they

should respond to have a disability

CD

Subaverage IQDeficits in adaptive skillsThis is the area least likely to result in debate

EBD

Behavior rating scales Conner’s rating scale Maybe not the best way to assess (see: Floyd & Bose,

2003)

ObservationUnderidentification

Girls (see: Black, 2010) Internalizing behaviors

Complexity

Any assessment is going to have false positives and false negatives

Our study of characteristics has shown us that: There’s lots of overlap There’s lots of comorbity