ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT.

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: admission to the graduate program in school psychology; successful completion of PSYC 554 and PSYC 526 . An advanced assessment course prepares candidates for diagnosis and classification in accordance with multiple theories existing in clinical and educational research. Utilize cognitive, academic, and social/emotional data in hypotheses regarding the presence of learning and social-emotional disabilities and in planning for intervention delivery. Emphasis on the complex variables of culture, environment, and language in making inferences regarding the presence of a disability.