To access this checklist, go to http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/text_only/screening.html
* Link availabie at time of publication and click on "Tools and Instruments" to access "The Screening Process". Then scroll down a bit further to find "Analyzing My Learning; Strengths and Struggles" and / or refer to Chapter Four Appendix A (at the end of this chapter).

Screening tools that merge with informal assessment

The Cooper Screening Tool

Available on line at http://www.learningdifferences.com/ http://www.learningdifferences.com/Main%20Page/C-SIP/C-SIPIndex.htm

Introduction

The Cooper Screening of Information Processing (C-SIP) was developed by Dr. Richard Cooper in 1992. It was field tested in two states by a total of 353 programs. It is not meant to be a standardized test but rather a diagnostic teaching instrument. The screening tool is not designed to enable teachers to diagnose learning disabilities. It provides practitioners and other professionals with a way to determine if a person manifests any of the common characteristics of learning disabilities. A practitioner over time would obtain much of the same information if he or she got to know the learner and observed the way that the adult learned and the errors that he or she commonly made.

The Cooper Screening Tool is designed so that it can be used without extensive training. Some information about the learner will be obtained when the practitioner administers the screening for the first time, but much more information will be obtained after the practitioner has administered the screening tool to many different learners. Each time the practitioner administers the screening tool, the similarities and differences among learners will become clearer.