Key Tests: WRIT and TOMAL2 - 09 Oct 2024 to 08 Oct 2025: BDA
Overview
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Date(s)09 Oct 2024 - 08 Oct 2025
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Cost£60.00
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ProviderBritish Dyslexia Association (BDA)
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Delivery typeDistance
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Course levelAdvanced
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Course summary
This online course will outline the principles of assessment of underlying ability as well as how to administer and score the WRIT test. It will include how to identify statistical significance and prevalence on the WRIT. The course will also outline the subtests on the TOMAL2, with a focus on the ACI. It will explore key points around this assessment index and how to administer the subtests.
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CPD credit hours2 hours and 30 minutes
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Course themesReviewing principles of psychometrics, statistics, assessment and underlying theory, SpLD testing methods, interpretation, report writing, feedback and test materials
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AudienceAssessors, Support, Assessment centres, Training institutions
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SASC CodeSASC-20241008-1233
Description
This online course will outline the principles of assessment of underlying ability, as well as how to administer and score the WRIT test. It will include how to identify statistical significance and prevalence on the WRIT. The course will also outline the subtests on the TOMAL2, with a focus on the Attention/ Concentration Index. It will explore the key points around this assessment index and how to administer the subtests. For each test, confounding factors that may impact on assessment are explored and tricky profiles discussed.
Learning outcomes
- Know why tests of underlying ability are carried out
- Be able to administer and score an intelligence test (the WRIT)
- Identify statistical significance and prevalence on the WRIT
- Know how and why we test for short-term and working memory
- Be able to administer and score key memory tests from the TOMAL2
- Be confident in completing the Manual Imitation subtest of the TOMAL2
- Understand confounding factors when testing
Course prerequisites
Hold an APC/AMBDA or other professional membership.