Identification of LD through IQ-Achievement Discrepancy

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by lama Mahmoud119 views·Updated Jan 4, 2023
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  1. identification of learning disabilities.
  2. There are two approaches to identify whether
  3. someone has learning disabilities or not.
  4. The first approach is the achievement I. Q.
  5. Discrepancy and the second one is the response to intervention approach.
  6. In this video we're going to discuss the I. Q. Achievement discrepancy.
  7. So what is this approach about And how is it used?
  8. First of all
  9. the child or the learner is required to take an I. Q. Test.
  10. And then educators compare the score of this child on an I. Q.
  11. Test and her scores on achievement tests that she is taking at school.
  12. If they found severe discrepancy or difference between her scores on I. Q.
  13. Tests and her scores on achievement tests.
  14. Then she is labeled as learning disabled.
  15. Let's take an example a second grader
  16. struggling at school with comprehension spelling
  17. not confident enough may get a score
  18. of 90 on an I. Q. Test
  19. and she is expected to get a 94 on achievement tests at school. But instead
  20. she takes a 74.
  21. And this means there is discrepancy between her
  22. scores on achievement tests and on I.
  23. Q. Tests.
  24. Therefore she is labeled as learning disabled