A profile analysis procedure was used with the Carrow Auditory-Visual Abilities Test to aid in the identification of systematic modality preferences in two preschool children with articulation disorders. Critical values are identified to facilitate the identification of the child's strengths and weaknesses at the subtest level. (Author/DB)

The workbook is intended as an instructional guide for a course in behavioral assessment of developmentally disabled persons. Exercises in the five units test skill in such areas as sensory modalities assessment and disruptive behavior recording, and a unit assessment evaluates the participant's knowledge of unit objectives. Criterion for passing…

Discussed are characteristics of criterion referenced reading tests for use with learning disabled (LD) children, and analyzed are the Basic Educational Skills Inventory (BESI), the Prescriptive Reading Inventory (PRI), and the Cooper-McGuire Diagnostic Work-Analysis Test (CooperMcGuire). Criterion referenced tests are defined; and problems in…

The manual contains instruction for behavioral assessment of developmentally disabled, moderately and severely retarded individuals. Each unit includes the following information: a goal statement, specific behavioral objectives, and approximate time required to read the unit and complete all the exercises. Among the topics discussed are task…

A major problem in using traditional assessment procedures lies in the use of theoretical and statistical assumptions for interpreting and measuring attention, memory, and verbal abilities, and attempting to relate these constructs to academic subjects. With respect to evaluating temperaments and learning styles, the present methods of…