RE: screening for cognitive limitations

[Wolfram Alderson <wolframald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am interested in finding out what the standard battery of assessments are for foster youth, ages 7 years old to 18, placed in foster care programs (that include residential, therapeutic, and educational components in the milieu). I am interested in both psychological as well as educational assessment tools that are considered to be essential to a core battery of assessments for this population. Is there such a thing as a standard group of assessments, or does this vary significantly from insitution to institution? 

Wolfram Alderson
Director of Operations &
Regional Director, Santa Clara County
Unity Care Group
237 Race Street
San Jose, CA 95126

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 730276
San Jose, CA  95173

Office: (408) 971-9822, Ext.123
Fax: (408) 971-9820 
Web: www.unitycare.org
Email: wolfram@unitycare.org



-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Ann Cole <sacole@ad.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Feb 28, 2005 7:31 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Subject: RE: screening for cognitive limitations

What age group are you interested in?

Susan A. Cole, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
1207 W. Oregon Street, mc-140
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 244-5231
Fax: (217) 244-5220


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
Sandra T. Azar
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:37 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: screening for cognitive limitations

I am looking for ideas for screening protocols that may have been used
with
child welfare parents to assess for cognitive limitations (IQ, learning
disabilities, learning styles).  I have spoken with some of the major
researchers in the field working with developmental disabilities and
child
maltreatment (Tymchuk, Feldman) and they have made suggestions, but I
want
to make sure I have done an exhaustive search. I am interested both in
instruments/protocols that have utility for front line worker use and
for
formal evaluations and any research work done with this population that
might not be published.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. 


Sandra Azar 
Professor
Psychology Department, Moore 541
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA l6801
814-863-6019 (office)
sta10@psu.edu



Wolfram Alderson
74 Mountain Spring Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 265-5306
wolframald@earthlink.net