Screening & Assestment

What is a learning disability assessment ?
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An LD assessment is a gathering of relevant information about an individual’s areas of strengths and challenges to determine whether or not he or she may have a learning disability. The components of the assessment process may vary depending on which individual, clinic, or agency is conducting the assessment, but most assessments include the following:
- Screening (informal interview, brief test, and/or review of growth development, family, education and environment histories)
- Evaluation (formal testing for achievement, intelligence, and processing)
Diagnosis (a statement specifying the results of the assessment, including the type of LD identified)
- Recommendations (for school, and/or daily living)

Screening vs Assestment
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Ujian Saringan = Screening test
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The purpose of screening is to determine whether an individual needs assessment. The purpose of assessment is to gather the detailed information needed for an intervension program that meets the individual needs . ... Screening is a process for evaluating the possible presence of a particular problem
Diantara screening tool yang biasa digunakan ialah -
Dyslexia Screening Test Junior - (DST-J))

Assestment = Penilaian.
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Ujian penilaian assestment dilakukan oleh certified professional.

Cognitive Performance
- Weschler Intelliigence Scales for Children- Fourth Edition ( WISC-IV)
- Raven's Progressive matrice & Vocabulary Scale
Adaptive behaviour
- Conners Early Childhood ( Conners EC)
- Conners 3rd Edition
- Adaptive Behaviour Assestment Systems - 2nd Edition (ABAS-II)
- Childhood Autism rating Scale - 2nd Edition (CARS-2)
- ASEBA School-Age Form & Profiles : Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL)
- ASEBA School-Age Form & Profiles ; Teachers' rating Form (TRF)
- Autism Diagnostic ObservationSchedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2)