Episode 66 – Intellectual Disability in the Age of Evidence-Based Assessment
- Author
- [email protected] (Rachael, Rebecca & Eric)
- Published
- Sun 06 May 2018
- Episode Link
- https://schoolpsychedpodcast.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/episode-66-intellectual-disability-in-the-age-of-evidence-based-assessment/
Join #psychedpodcast as we welcome Dr. Farmer back for a third episode! What is best practice when the referral concern is intellectual disability? Do you use a hard cut-off of 70? Do all indices need to be low? Should we be considering part scores at all? How about adaptive behavior? Do all of the adaptive domains need to be below 70? Just one? Join us to hear about Dr. Farmer’s research and thoughts on the identification of intellectual disability.
https://www.wku.edu/psychology/staff/ryan_farmer
Ryan L. Farmer is an assistant professor with the school psychology program at Western Kentucky University; he also serves as the coordinator of the Educational & Behavioral Interventions Clinic. Prior to WKU, he was an intern and postdoctoral fellow at University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute (2014-2016). Dr. Farmer is a licensed psychologist in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Dr. Farmer’s research is on evidence-based assessment, functional behavior assessment, and dissemination of evidence-based practices. He has contributed book chapters to two volumes on the process of using cognitive assessment, including an in press chapter on best practices in identifying intellectual disability. Recently, he was selected to participate in the School Psychology Research Collaboration Conference, sponsored by the Society for the Study of School Psychology, as an early career scholar.
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