Identification and Evaluation of Learning Disabilities

Evelyn S. Johnson is an associate professor of special education at Boise State University and the coauthor of RTI: A Practitioner's Guide to Implementing Response to Intervention. She began her career in Washington in 1994 as a special education teacher, and then at the University of Washington, Seattle, where her research focused on the inclusion of students with disabilities in accountability systems. Johnson's work on assessment for students with disabilities has included research on accommodations and alternate assessments, as well as research on screening for reading problems. Prior to joining the faculty at BSU, she worked as a research associate for the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD), where she developed numerous technical assistance products to assist state and local educational agencies on RTI and learning disability identification-related issues. Currently, her research focuses on RTI implementation at the secondary levels.

Publisher's Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. An Overview of RTI and SLD Evaluation 2. Defining and Diagnosing Specific Learning Disabilities 3. Response to Intervention (RTI) 4. Using Tier 1 and Tier 2 Data To Inform SLD 5. Psychological Processing and Academic Performance 6. Comprehensive Evaluation Case Studies 7. School Team Functioning References

"This book reminds educators that we are responsible for all of our students. When students are not making the progress we expect, this text offers very specific, practical suggestions that educators can follow. This book helps to identify if a student has a specific learning disability and offers suggestions for addressing the student's difficulty through a team approach. When using the case studies, teachers will see many examples related to their own students and find new resources to try in their classrooms that will assist those who are having difficulty making significant progress." -- Marcia B. Imbeau, Professor