Event Description
Assessment Considerations for Evaluating Children with Deafblindness and/or Low Incidence Disabilities Series
Presented by Melinda Wolford, PhD
Session 3: Assessment Techniques for Children with Vision-Hearing Loss and/or Low Incidence Disabilities with Average and Above Average Cognitive Skills
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss standardized tools to steer individualized assessment design;
- Explore modifications of current and available assessments to meet unique needs of the individual without compromising data;
- Consider additional data gathering techniques to identify skills and deficits – both cognitive and educational – to assist in the design of the child’s educational plan;
- Discuss appropriate adaptations, accommodations, and modifications that can be implemented to instruction, class design and activities to meet specific and unique needs of the child;
- Discuss methods to identify personal learning styles, interests and individual culture to ensure success with the educational plan
Session Description: The four-session professional learning series covers information on planning for the assessment, strategies, and tools to assess children with vision-hearing loss and/or multiple disabilities. The date, title of the session, and learning objectives for each session are listed below. All sessions will be held from 4:00 to 5:15 pm ET (3:00 to 4:15 CST). Participants may register for one or more of the sessions by clicking on the session’s registration link.
Event Details
Date: September 7, 2022
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Location
Zoom
Registration Required? Link