The Diagnosis and Assessment of Specific Learning Disabilities

This course provides participants with a structured and comprehensive understanding of the principles, processes, and professional practices involved in psycho-educational measurement and the diagnosis of learning difficulties. The course examines the conceptual foundations of measurement, evaluation, and diagnostic decision-making within educational contexts, emphasizing systematic and evidence-based assessment practices.

2 Students

4 Lectures

Dr. Gad Elbeheri

Instructor

About This Course

Participants are introduced to the essential characteristics of effective assessment, including objectivity, standardization, and ethical responsibility. The course explores the scientific foundations of psychological and educational testing, focusing on key psychometric concepts such as validity, reliability, standardization, and norm-referenced interpretation. Through these concepts, participants develop an understanding of how assessment tools are constructed, interpreted, and applied in professional practice.

The course further addresses procedures involved in comprehensive evaluation, highlighting the integration of multiple assessment sources, including formal testing, observation, interviews, and performance data. Special attention is given to interpreting patterns of strengths and weaknesses and distinguishing between suspicion and formal diagnosis within the framework of learning difficulties assessment.

Participants also examine professional competencies required for assessment practice, including ethical considerations, confidentiality, appropriate administration conditions, and the importance of establishing a supportive testing environment. The course emphasizes the role of professional judgment alongside standardized data when forming diagnostic conclusions.

By the end of the course, participants gain a clear understanding of how assessment outcomes inform educational planning, support decision-making processes, and contribute to identifying learners’ needs within educational systems. The course promotes a systematic, responsible, and professionally grounded approach to psycho-educational assessment aligned with recognized academic and training standards.

Dr. Gad Elbeheri

30 Courses

10 Students

Dr. Gad Elheheri is the Chairman of Global Educational Consultants (Egypt) and the CEO of Nawat Learning (Kuwait) . Previously, Dr. Elbeheri occupied various executive and academic posts such as: Arabic Lecturer for the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (UK), UNDP Expert on Dyslexia, Executive Director for the Centre for Child Evaluation & Teaching and the Dean of the Australian College of Kuwait. He also worked in consultancy projects for the Arab League Education, Culture and Sciences Organization, the International Dyslexia Organization and the UNESCO. Dr. Elbeheri obtained his PhD from the University of Durham, UK and has a keen interest in cross-linguistic studies of Dyslexia, Learning ...