Documentation must include, but not be limited to the following:
- Name and professional credentials of the evaluator
The evaluator should have training and experience in the evaluation of learning disabilities.
The testing should include the following components, and the report should include all scores from these instruments as well as the evaluator's narrative description.
- Aptitude Testing (IQ & Information Processing Testing)
Accepted examples of these instruments include, but are not limited to:
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale- Third Edition (WAIS-III
- Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised: Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJ-R)
- Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (4th Edition)(for intelligence testing)
- Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude-3 (DTLA-3) (for information processing)
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Academic Achievement Testing(when available)
Accepted examples of these instruments include, but are not limited to:
- Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised: Tests of Achievement (WJ-R)
- Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT)
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Recommendations for Academic Accommodations
Recommendations for academic accommodations must be based upon both #2 and #3 above. Academic accommodations which are recommended must be related to the diagnostic information and its impact upon student functioning.
Please forward this information, marked confidential, to:
Roger Williams University
Disability Support Services
Center for Academic Development
Bristol, RI 02809
Phone: 401-254-3841
Fax: 401-254-3847