Specific Learning Disabilities
A comprehensive psycho-educational assessment from a psychologist or learning disabilities specialist that includes the following: NOTE: All of these tests must be based on adult norms.
- Clear statement of the specific learning disability with the DSM-IV diagnosis
- A test used to measure intellectual ability, including scores and subtest scores
- A test used to measure academic achievement, including scores and subtest scores
- A test used to measure processing ability, including scores and subset scores
- Profile of academic strengths and weaknesses and how these relate to academic limitations
- Clinical summary
- Recommendations for reasonable academic accommodations
Acceptable IQ tests:
- Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test
- Stanford Binet 4th Edition
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – III (WAIS-III)
- Woodcock-Johnson III General Intellectual Ability (GIA)
Acceptable achievement tests:
- Nelson-Denny Reading Test
- Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults (SATA)
- Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – II (WIAT-II)
- Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement
- Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests – Revised
Acceptable processing tests:
- Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude - Adult
- Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities
- Profile of academic strengths and weaknesses and how these relate to the academic limitation(s)
- Clinical summary
- Recommendations for reasonable academic accommodations