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If an adult learner decides to access the formal assessment process, he/she
may want to consider asking the following questions:
- Have you tested many adults with learning disabilities?
- How long will the assessment take?
- What will the assessment cover?
- Will there be a written and an oral report of the assessment?
- Will our discussion give me more information regarding why I am
having trouble with my job or job training, school, or daily life?
- Will you also give me ideas on how to improve my skills and how to
compensate for my disability?
- Will the report make recommendations about where to go for
immediate help?
- What is the cost? What does the cost cover?
- What are possibilities and costs for additional consultation?
- Can insurance cover the costs? Are there other funding sources? Can
a payment plan be worked out?15
Understanding the impact of processing breakdown
When assessing, practitioners need to understand the impact of the
processing breakdown on learners' academic, social and organizational skills.
When a person has a learning disability, there is a breakdown in the
processing of the information that is gathered. Visual: does your brain
understand what you see? Auditory: does your brain understand what you
hear? What is heard or what is seen is not processed properly. This processing
breakdown can also impact how one stores and retrieves the information
and/or how one organizes the information taken in.
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