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How to Quickly Link Assessment Findings to Interventions and Resources that are Practical, Meaningful, and Evidence-Based
Friday, October 22, 2021, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
Category: School Division

How to Quickly Link Assessment Findings to Interventions and Resources that are Practical, Meaningful, and Evidence-Based

Friday October 22, 2021

8:30am – 10:30am


Presented by:
Dr. Dawn Flanagan

Sponsored by:
Westchester Center for Psychological Education
&
Westchester County Psychological Association

 

Virtual Lecture
Held on Zoom


Tickets

WCPA Members - Free     Non-members- $20
2 continuing education credit hours - $10 for WCPA Members $20 Non-Members

Many academic remedial programs are ineffective for students with SLD because they are being delivered without consideration of students’ specific cognitive weaknesses.  This is due, in part, to gaps in training programs regarding the assessment-intervention connection.  Most recommendations offered by assessment specialists are not implemented because they are inappropriate for one reason or another (e.g., not clear why the intervention is important or necessary; no guidance on how to implement the intervention). Assessment specialists often struggle with the “recommendations” section of their psychological reports due to lack of training. Moreover, they often do not have time to find and tailor interventions, strategies, resources, and supports for students to effectively answer a key question in evaluations of students with learning needs: “How can I help?”


To facilitate the process of linking assessment findings to interventions, this workshop introduces a new tool: Intervention Library: Finding Interventions and Resources for Students and Teachers (IL:FIRST®).  The Intervention Library is a compilation of over 1000 entries that are uniquely organized into six categories, including Instructional, Environmental, Curricular, Skill-Building Techniques, Remediation Programs, and Compensatory Strategies. A wide variety of interventions are included in each of these categories to address a student’s unique learning needs across 10 cognitive abilities and processes and the eight academic areas listed in IDEA.


Tailoring interventions is described with attention to intervention type (e.g., remedial, compensatory), grade level (e.g., elementary, MS, HS), and delivery method (e.g., small group, individual).  Participants learn the elements of a recommendation that are necessary to make it accessible to and feasible for teachers and parents.  The better tailored the interventions, the greater the likelihood of positive outcomes.

You will learn:
1) Participants will learn the relationships between cognitive abilities and specific academic skills based on recent research and updates to CHC theory.

2) Participants will understand how cognitive processing weaknesses manifest for students in the classroom and how to minimize the effects of these weaknesses. 

3) Participants will learn how to write recommendations that have a high probability of being implemented and leading to positive outcomes for students.

4) Participants will understand the main features of the Intervention Library: Finding Interventions and Resources for Students and Teachers (IL:FIRST) and how it is used in practice.


Brief Bio:
Dr. Dawn P. Flanagan is Professor of Psychology at St. John's University in Queens, NY.  She is also an Affiliate Clinical Professor at Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT.  She serves as an expert witness, learning disabilities consultant, and test/measurement consultant and trainer/speaker for organizations both nationally and internationally.  Dr. Flanagan is Chair of the Professional Advisory Board for the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA). She is also a widely published author as well as a co-developer of the Cross-Battery Assessment approach and its corresponding software system (X-BASS). Her most recent books include Contemporary Intellectual Assessment: Theories, Tests, and Issues – 4th edition; Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification – 2nd edition; Essentials of WISC-V Assessment; and Clinical Use and Interpretation of the WJ IV: Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives. She is also co-developer of the new Intervention Library: Finding Interventions and Resources for Students and Teachers (IL:FIRST®). Dr. Flanagan is Fellow of APA’s Division 16 and Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Specialties.

Register Here

Zoom links will be sent to registrants the day before the presentation, the morning of the presentation, 2 hours before the presentation starts, and again 10 minutes before the presentation begins.

Cancellation policy: A full refund will be given if cancellation is made 3 business days before the presentation.