Chapter 7 Flashcards
Purpose of the MDT
As a result of IDEIA regulations, schools are moving toward a more global approach for the identification of students with suspected disabilities through the development of a district-based team
Role of the MDT
To work as a single unit in determining the possible cause, contributing behavioral factors, educational status, prognosis (outcome), and recommendations for a student with a suspected disability
What must be done to ensure the MDT complies with IDEA?
Assessment materials and other evaluation materials are selected and administered so as to not be discriminatory, assessment materials are provided and administered in the language form that the child knows, test and other assessment materials have been validated for the specific purpose for which they are used, administered by trained personnel
What are the objectives of an educational assessment?
Help determine the childs stronger and weaker academic skill areas, help the teacher gear the materials to the learning capacity of the individual child, develop a learning profile that can help the classroom teacher understand the best way to present information to the child, use an achievement battery that covers enough skill areas to make an adequate diagnosis of academic strength and weakness
What are the objectives of a psychological assessment?
Determine the childs present overall levels of intellectual ability, verbal intellectual ability, non-language intellectual ability, explore indications of greater potential, find possible patterns involving learning style, ascertain possible influences of tension and anxiety on testing results
