Woodcock Johnson Fourth Edition Tests of Achievement

(Space is limited to 35 participants)

CESA 12 Conference Center
Date: May 12, 2015
Registration: 8:30-9:00 a.m. Training: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Overview

The Woodcock-Johnson Fourth Edition is a complete solution that provides a comprehensive yet efficient process for evaluating cognitive difficulties, achievement, and oral language. It also supports RTI models for identifying students at risk.

This training will not address the Oral Language battery, which has been pulled out of the academic battery in the new IV version.

Presenter

Dr. Rhia Roberts is currently a professor of Special Education for an online university, a consultant to a major online reading program, and a trainer for multiple organizations nationwide, including the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Her areas of expertise are dyslexia, reading and writing and this, combined with her sense of humor and dynamic presentation style, makes her a popular choice for seminars and workshops. Her presentations run in the thousands, including hundreds on various editions of the Woodcock-Johnson batteries of tests, both nationally and internationally. Rhia is the co-author of the WJ IV PowerPoint presentations used by all the trainers.

Learning Outcomes/Benefits of Seminar

  • Participants will receive an overview of the new features in the WJ IV Tests of Achievement
  • Participants will learn how to select and utilize the appropriate WJ IV Achievement tests based on referral questions
  • Participants will learn what each new WJ IV Achievement test measures, and the best practices of how to administer, score and interpret the tests
  • Participants will learn the range of scores available in the WJ IV, the variation procedures used to identify patterns of strengths and weaknesses; and discrepancy procedures to compare abilities to achievement

Participants will learn how to utilize the WJ IV to improve educational outcomes

Wisconsin State Performance Plan Indicators & Standards Addressed

Wisconsin's State Performance Plan Indicators: 3, 6, and 11

Wisconsin Teacher Standards Addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8

Wisconsin Pupil Services Standards Addressed: 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6

Wisconsin Administrator Standards Addressed: 1, 2, and 3

Target Audience

Special Education Teachers, School Psychologists, Directors of Special Education and any Educator who uses the Woodcock Johnson Fourth Edition Tests of Achievement when evaluating, writing IEP goals and/or monitoring progress of Students with Disabilities

Registration(Limited to 35 people)

Registration includes materials, break and lunch

Deadline for Registration

May 7, 2015

This workshop is supported by funding from

IDEA Discretionary Project #15-74-9912-IDEA10 (CFDA #84.027) – RSN

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