Evaluation Planning Guide

Suspected Disability /

Check the following assessment components :

Speech/Language Impairment / Communication Status: Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Speech Sound Production, Voice, Fluency, Oral Mechanism, Soc/Dev History
Specific Learning Disability / General Intelligence: Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help, Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language), Behavioral Observation
Emotional Behavioral Disability / General Intelligence: Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help,Behavior Rating Scale, Behavior Log, Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language)
Traumatic Brain Injury / Health, Vision, Hearing, and Motor Abilities: Educationally relevant medical statement
(list under other), General Intelligence: Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help(teacher), Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language)
Developmental Delay (up to 9 years) / General Intelligence: Battelle (list under other) or Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing-Depending on the student’s age), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help,Behavior Rating Scale
Autism / Communication Status: (As recommended by the speech/language pathologist), General Intelligence: Battelle or Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing) (Depending on the student’s age), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help, Behavior Rating Scale, Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language)
Mental Disability:
Mild Mental Disability or
Functional Mental Disability / General Intelligence: Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help, Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language)
Other Health Impaired / Health, Vision, Hearing, and Motor Abilities: Educationally relevant medical statement (List under other), General Intelligence: Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help,Behavior Rating Scale, Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language)
Orthopedic Impairment / Health, Vision, Hearing, and Motor Abilities: Educationally relevant medical statement (List under other), General Intelligence: Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help, Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language)
Visual Impairment / Health, Vision, Hearing, and Motor Abilities: vision exam, General Intelligence: Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help, Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language)
Deaf Blind / Health, Vision, Hearing, and Motor Abilities: vision exam, hearing, General Intelligence: Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help, Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language)
Hearing Impairment / Health, Vision, Hearing, and Motor Abilities: hearing General Intelligence: Cognitive/Intellectual Assessment (aptitude and mental processing), Other Assessments: Soc/Dev History, Social and Emotional Status: Adaptive Behavior/Self-Help, Academic Performance: Educational Assessment (Reading, Math, and/or Written Language)

Determine the assessments needed for each domain area on the Evaluation Planning form. Other assessments may be checked if the ARC has additional areas of concern. Once this form is completed, ask the parent to sign a Consent for Evaluation form.

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