Guy McBride & Ron Dumont 
Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals [PDF ebook] 

Quickly acquire the practical coverage and guidance you need to
understand the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs
how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special
education, and related services to children with disabilities.

To understand it thoroughly, school psychologists, teachers, and
other school service providers need a comprehensive resource to
guide them in what this frequently amended Act means and how it
should be interpreted. The first concise, yet authoritative, book
of its kind on which professionals can rely to navigate this
often-misunderstood law, Essentials of IDEA for Assessment
Professionals is that source.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological
Assessment series, each chapter features numerous callout boxes
highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive
illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you
gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Written
in the user-friendly and well-known Essentials format, each of the
seven concise chapters covers terminology, classification,
assessments/evaluations, and other topics related to IDEA.

With an accompanying CD offering commentary on judicial
decisions related to interpretation of IDEA, as well as references
to the 2006 final regulations for IDEA 2004 and Section 504
regulations, Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals
provides helpful guidelines for educational assessments and
evaluations.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

One Overview of the IDEA 2004 1

Two IDEA Terminology 23

Three IDEA and Evaluations/Assessments 49

Four Special Considerations When Testing for Specific Learning Disabilities 77

Five IDEA and Classification/Eligibility 107

Six IDEA and Behavior 139

Seven IDEA, Section 504, and ADA 157

Eight IDEA and Damages 179

Nine FERPA and the PPRA: Confidential Records 199

Appendix A Common Abbreviations and Acronyms 227

Appendix B CD-ROM Contents 231

References 249

Annotated Bibliography 261

Author Index 265

Subject Index 267

About the Authors 285

About the CD-ROM 287

Über den Autor

Guy Mc Bride, Ph D, recently retired from his career as a
school psychologist in public schools. He is also a licensed
practicing psychologist.

Ron Dumont, Ed D, NCSP, is Professor and Director of the
School Psychology Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

John O. Willis, Ed D, is a Senior Lecturer in Assessment
at Rivier College.