1. CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS WITH
MILD/MODERATE INTERVENTION NEEDS
SPED 4/53050
INSTRUCTOR: BRIAN FRIEDT
Week ten:
Assessment and identification

2. Structure of the week
Slight deviation from syllabus
Shorter PowerPoint
Emphasis on the literature
Turning point for the class
No quiz this week
 Be sure to participate in the on-line discussion

3. 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

4. CD
Subaverage IQ
Deficits in adaptive skills
This is the area least likely to result in debate

5. EBD
Behavior rating scales
 Conner’s rating scale
 Maybe not the best way to assess (see: Floyd & Bose, 2003)
Observation
Underidentification
 Girls (see: Black, 2010)
 Internalizing behaviors

6. 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

7. 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