When we perform a learning disability assessment, we
administer standardized tests that measure the student’s cognitive
abilities in areas such as these:
Correctly process what is heard
Hold information in working memory long enough to
perform mental tasks
Quickly process and respond to visual data
Retrieve information from long-term memory that was
learned through words
Perform multi-step problem solving on novel tasks
without the use of paper and pencil
We compare the scores on these various mental tasks.
If one or more scores is significantly lower than the others, we
determine this to be the processing deficit.
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