Educational Consultation
Consultation and review can be very useful in determining the best next step to address educational problems.
Purpose of Consultation
- Focusing on priorities when there is a complexity of learning challenges (attention, speech, social interactions, academic).
- Answering questions about the response and services provided by the school.
- Needing to accurately know the areas of academic strengths and weaknesses.
- Determining why the implementation of support services is not producing the desired improvements.
Services in a Consultation
- Reviewing the case history and documents.
- Completing academic achievement testing.
- Meeting with school personnel to explain the results.
- Interviewing family & school personnel.
- Writing a report with recommendations with a final review meeting.
This consultation and review is designed to provide a detailed examination of the situation and needs of a client. I Know How To Learn does not provide advocacy services.
Screening for Possible Learning Disability
- Administration of assessment instruments that look at academic and cognitive areas.
- Academic achievement – basic skills, fluency, and the use of skills in completing complex tasks. An error analysis provides insight into the thought and work process. This information will provide specific paths for remediation of weak skills.
- An evaluation of cognitive processing areas – phonological processing (knowing and manipulating the sounds in words); visual and auditory processing including memory and discrimination; and receptive and expressive oral language – can provide insight into the likelihood of a specific learning disability and also provide specific information on the best strategies to guide remediation and tutorial support.
- This does not provide a diagnosis or determine eligibility for services.
