Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses Library

Many school districts in Oregon are using a "pattern of strengths and weanesses" approach to help identify and plan for the special needs of students with a learning disability. As a public service, OSPA created this page. It is intended as a quick way to find materials related to this procedure. Members of OSPA are encouraged to pass along their experiences, research, and district policies so that others will not have to "reinvent the wheel." Members opposed should, of course, further the debate by presenting their evidence.

The materials are provided "as is". OSPA cannot and does not warrant the accuracy and/or useability of the information for any particular purpose. Please use it in the spirit for which it was intended.

BOOKS (Drag and drop the ISBN number into the Google search box below to find booksellers.)

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition (2007) Dawn Flanagan, Samuel Ortiz, Vincent C. Alfonso. www.wiley.com/essentials or 1-877-762-2974 ISBN-13: 970-0-471-75771-9 and ISBN-10: 0-471-75771-3 (paper/CD-ROM)
School Neuropsychology: A Practitioner's Handbook. (2004) James B. Hale and Catherine Fiorello. Guilford Press www.guilford.com ISBN 1-59385-011-5
Essentials of CAS Assessment. (1999) Jack Naglieri ISBN 0-471-29015-7
Neuropsychological Perspectives on Learning Disabilities in the Era of RTI: Recommendations for Diagnosis and Intervention. (2008) Cecil Reynolds and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Editors. www.wiley.com or 1-800-762-2974 ISBN 978-0-470-22527-1
Overcoming Dyslexia. (2003) Sally Shaywitz. Alfred A. Knopf www.aaknopf.com ISBN 0-375-40012-5

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