The Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory (LDDI)

The Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory (LDDI)

The Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory
Ages: 8-­0 through 17­-11
Testing Time: 10-­20 minutes
Administration: Individual
Complete Kit: Manual and 50 Rating Summary Booklets, all in a sturdy storage box.

Description

The LDDI is a rating scale designed to help psychologists, diagnosticians, LD specialists, speech­language pathologists, and others identify (i.e., diagnose) intrinsic processing disorders and learning disabilities in students between the ages of 8-0 and 17-11. A reliable and valid norm-referenced inventory, the LDDI is composed of six independent scales‹one for each of the areas listed in the definition by the U.S. Office of Education and the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Reasoning.
Each scale contains 15 easy-to-rate items. The items were generated after an extensive review of theoretical writings and empirical studies in learning disabilities, especially the literature that focused on the neuropsychological aspects of the disabilities. The appropriateness of the behaviors represented by the items was confirmed in a survey of experts in the field and by extensive research that is reported in the manual.