The screening process
Just the facts!
- Screening tests should be quick to administer, require little if any training, and be inexpensive.
- Screening tools cannot provide a diagnosis of learning disabilities.
- Screening tools are designed to detect indicators of learning disabilities
- No screening system is 100% accurate - A certain level of error is inevitable
- Most tools may only have a maximum of 75% validity classification (75% of the time the screening tool is correct in
identifying a potential learning disability)
- Screening tools can result in a false negative (a person is identified as "at risk" when, in fact, this is not the case)
- Screening tools can also result in a false positive (a person is not
identified as "at risk" when, in fact, they may have a learning disability)
- Screening tools do not always serve the same purpose. Tools can:
- Determine eligibility for learning disability testing
- Confirm practitioner suspicions of potential learning disabilities
- Identify learning strengths and weaknesses
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