Dr. Yell helps us to define "progress" as it has been described after Endrew F. v. Douglas County Schools (2017).... more

A new, revised version of the Guidance for the Comprehensive Evaluation of SLD in Texas is now available. We will... more

Dr. Robin Peterson is one of the authors of Diagnosing Learning Disorders: From Science to Practice. This group of researchers... more

Learning to use CBM has become a valuable skill. Michelle Hosp has made it easy by providing step by step... more

The Hasbrouck & Tindal (1992, 2006, 2017) norms revolutionized American education. These norms have helped us to understand the importance... more

Dr. Linda Siegel produced important research which helped her to illustrate that cognitive testing was not relevant to the diagnosis... more

Nazzie Pater-Rov, Candace Vielma, and Zarvonia Gibbs chat with others in the Educational Diagnostician Clubhouse about proposed bills for this... more

Candace Vielma talks with Jan Cook and Diane Burke about Reading by Design, a Texas approved dyslexia curriculum.

This episode is a follow up to a discussion we had on 2/4/2022. At the time Dr. Dehn was helping... more

Dr. Piltier drops in to help us out as we discuss the difference between an SLD in Basic Reading and... more

The science of reading requires us to assess morphology, but the tools for an assessment of morphology are less established... more

Some current professors and professors in training join to discuss features of various conferences for educational diagnosticians and dyslexia therapists.... more

Dr. Branton Shearer utilizes the Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence to help educators help students find their strengths. Helping children... more

Dr. Dombrowski joins to tell us about the low achievement model for identifying SLD and the criticisms he has for... more

The new team of Diagnostician Clubhouse reporters, Candace Vielma, Candace James, and Valencia Ashley join Nazzie to share various tidbits... more

Nazzie presents 3 sources that attempt to describe what constitutes Evidence Based Assessment. Amy Smith and Becky Robinson join in... more

Amy Smith, Candace Vielma, Lori Melton, and Zarvonia Gibbs pitch in to add commentary to Nazzie's summary of the FAQs... more

Texas yet again is starting the school year off with changes to the operating guidelines. The new moderators and Amy... more

Dr. Nancy Nelson leads the National Center on Improving Literacy to support states and districts to provide the information that... more