R-19 Administration and Interpretation of the Southern California Ordinal Scales of Development - Cognition

Presenters

Formats and Times

In-Person Training: 2 days, 5.5 hours each (8:30-3:00)
Hybrid (On-Demand/Virtual Webinars): 8 on-demand webinars ranging from 15 minutes to about 2 hours in length plus 2 2-hour live virtual webinars

Content

The Southern California Ordinal Scales - Cognition, developed at the Diagnostic Center, provides educators a descriptive framework for understanding students' cognitive abilities based on Piaget's theory of cognitive development. It utilizes a flexible criterion-referenced approach to assessing the cognition of individuals at all developmental levels. The information derived is useful for developing instructional, communication, and behavioral support programming. This series of seminars will introduce and demonstrate Scales administration, scoring, and interpretation.

Note to Speech-language pathologists (SLPs): This training will mainly cover the Cognition Scale and touch briefly on some of the skills that overlap between the Cognitive and Communication Scales.

Intended Audience

School psychologists, speech-language specialists, teachers, and administrators

Participants Will

Review the developmental theory of Piaget, with particular emphasis on its applicability to educational settings, curriculum, and behavior.
Achieve basic competency in administering Scales items.
Understand the Scales' qualitative scoring system.
Interpret and translate the results into specific recommendations for educational staff.

Please note: Participants must have their own copy of the Cognition Scales manual and protocol for each session. For SLPs, the Communication Scales manual is recommended as it is useful if administered in conjunction with the Cognitive Scales. These manuals are available from the Zilprint website. Participants must attend all sessions to receive a certificate.

To register for this training, please visit our Training Sign-Up page.