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Disability Support Services

Appendix

Diagnostic Assessment of Learning Disability and Traumatic Brain Injury

The following test batteries are recognized measures that are commonly employed in a diagnostic report. The list is offered as a resource and is not exhaustive. However, comprehensive diagnosis of the above disabilities must include measures for aptitude, achievement and information processing.

Aptitude

--Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R)

--Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised: Tests of Cognitive Ability

--Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test

--Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

Achievement

--Scholastic Abilities Test for Adults (SATA)

--Stanford Test of Academic Skills

--Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT)

--Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised: Tests of Achievement

Subject-specific tests include:

--Nelson-Denny Reading Skills Test

--Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test

--Test of Written Language-3 (TOWL-3)

--Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests-Revised

Information Processing

Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude-Adult (DTLA-A)

WAIS-R subtests

Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised: Tests of Cognitive Ability