How to Use the Cognitive Assessment System-2 (CAS2) and Feifer Assessment for Reading (FAR) to Assess for Dyslexia - 09 Jul 2024 to 09 Jul 2025

Dr Jack Naglieri the author of the CAS2, and Dr Steven Feifer the author of the FAR, will explain how to effectively combine both assessments to identify subtypes of dyslexia in children.

Course Description

The training will explain how the CAS2 can be used for assessment of Dyslexia but in context to the theory of PASS: Planning; Attention; Simultaneous; Successive 

PASS theory takes a different view of intellectual ability from those reflected in other tests. The notion of ‘intelligence’ is reconceptualised as cognitive process, Jack in his Keynote address at the PATOSS conference 2025, will explain how he developed the theory and it’s impact on assessment and learning.

The battery offers Scales linked to the PASS theory and Jack will explain how these scales can be used to help diagnose dyslexia.

The SASC review states “The fundamental aim of the battery is not to establish how intelligent a child is, but to evaluate how well that child will cope with learning tasks and what obstacles to efficient learning the child may be experiencing. It is therefore, highly relevant to an assessment for specific learning difficulties”

The Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR) is an extensive assessment of reading the comprehensive battery covers the following areas:

Phonological Index (PI)- 5 subtests - Relates to Dysphonetic Type of Dyslexia

• Phonemic Awareness (PA); Nonsense Word Decoding (NWD); Isolated Word Reading Fluency (ISO); Oral Reading Fluency (ORF); Positioning Sounds (PS)
• Fluency Index (FI) 5 Subtests – Relates to Surface Type of Dyslexia Ø Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN); Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN); Verbal Fluency (VF); Visual Perception (VP); Irregular Word Reading Fluency (IRR); Orthographical Processing (OP)
• Comprehension Index Comprehension Index (CI) 5 Subtests – Relates to Reading Comprehension/ Language Difficulties; Semantic Concepts (SC); Word Recall (WR); Print Knowledge (PR); Morphological Processing (MP); Silent Reading Fluency (SRF-C); Silent Reading Fluency Rate (SRF-R).

The SASC review reported: “The entire battery does not have to be administered; assessors can choose those subtests most appropriate for objectives; therefore for HE, a range of 1 to 14 subtests can be administered…. Then The FAR provides a comprehensive battery of tests for reading and underpinning skills based on Feifer’s theoretical model of dyslexia and therefore encompasses word-level and prose-level reading tests as well as tests of phonological, fluency, and language-based skills”

During the training both Dr. Naglieri and Dr. Feifer will explain how best to use their assessment batteries to effective and successfully diagnoise for Dyslexia in children.

• Brief descriptions of the neuropsychological theories the batteries are based on
• Practical application of how to integrate each test to identify subtypes of reading disorders in children.
• Use of case study demonstrations to link assessment results with interventions.

Delegates will be able to submit questions during the webinar which will be answered during the question and answer session at the end of the webinar.

Please read the following SASC downloads- far-reading-guidance-sasc-jan-2017.pdf and the cas2-guidance-jan-2024.pdf (sasc.org.uk)  

If you wish to purchase the tests you may wish to look at:
CAS2 - Cognitive Assessment System, 2nd Edition (CAS2) – Hogrefe - Online testing, psychometric test & training providers 
and FAR - Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR) – Hogrefe - Online testing, psychometric test & training providers

In Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification Second .Edition Ed Alfonso, V, C and Flanagan, D, P, (2018) chapter 12 Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses Made Easy: Dual Discrepancy/Consistency(DD/C) Models for SLD Identification: A Case Study Approach Nagliera J A and Feifer S, G, chapter explains how an assessor may wish to use the assessments tools in this webinar.

Both tools can be purchased from Hogrefe publisher.