SCPY 724 - Assng the Bilingual Child

Credit(s): 3
3 hours lecture, 3 hours contact
Prerequisite(s): SCPY 704, SCPY 718
The course will examine issues in the assessment of bilingual children including the appropriate use of standardized measures, nondiscriminatory assessment, alternative approaches to the assessment of cognitive functioning and social adaptive behavior of linguistically diverse children. Students will learn how to conduct evaluations in the child’s first and/or second language. Students will administer tests, make case presentations and write reports. Interpretation of data will focus on integrating clinical findings so that individual educational plans can be developed.