Use of the WJ V in SLD Identification

Use of the WJ V in SLD Identification

About the Session:

Join Dr. Dawn P. Flanagan for an in-depth webinar on how the Woodcock-Johnson V (WJ V) assessment can be effectively used to identify Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD). This session will cover key assumptions about SLD, various identification methods, and a focus on the Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses (PSW) approach. Participants will gain insights into the WJ V cognitive and achievement tests, CHC classifications, and comparison base-rate procedures to support accurate diagnosis. Practical examples will demonstrate how to apply these tools in evaluating reading and math difficulties, with considerations for intervention planning. Ideal for school psychologists, educators, and professionals involved in learning disability assessments.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify 2-3 cognitive correlates of difficulties with word reading accuracy and reading fluency.
• Interpret the PR base rate in a WJ V Comparison Base Rate Procedure
• State 2-3 ways the WJ V aligns with the PSW method of SLD identification

Instructor Credentials:

Dawn Flanagan, Ph.D. - Professor of Psychology with the School Psychology Training Programs at St. John’s University, Queens, NY. She is also an Affiliate Clinical Professor at the Yale Child Study Center with the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. Dr. Flanagan serves as an expert witness, learning disabilities consultant, and test/measurement consultant and trainer for organizations both nationally and internationally. She teaches psychoeducational assessment for intervention and understanding, diagnosing, and treating specific learning disabilities. Her research interests include investigating the technical adequacy of psychometric approaches to the identification of specific learning disabilities, the effects of measurement error on diagnostic accuracy statistics, development of a consensus model of cognitive-achievement relations, conducting expert consensus studies on the broad and narrow abilities measured by a variety of ability tests.