Overview
Most providers find out about a learner’s needs by asking them. But what about the learners who don’t know, or don’t say?
Join Dr Liam JB Hill from the University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education and Sport, and Will Brown, Cognassist’s Senior Cognitive Research Scientist, for a 45-minute session on a question every learning provider has to answer: how do you know who needs support? Liam teaches the psychology of assessment to education professionals and has spent a decade in large-scale education research. Will leads the research and development behind Cognassist’s cognitive assessment and the support plans it generates for each learner.
They’ll talk through why relying on self-declaration means many learners are missed, what makes an assessment worth trusting (and what goes wrong when it isn’t), and what it all means for support plans and for the questions inspectors ask.
What we cover
See what self-declaration misses
Why relying on learners to declare a need means some are missed: need below diagnosis thresholds, profiles that don't fit a diagnosis, and who gets diagnosed in the first place, with Dr Liam JB Hill.
Judge any assessment
What goes wrong when an assessment isn't reliable or valid, and the questions to ask of any tool before its price.
Answer the inspector's question
What inspectors ask about identifying need, and how measuring at the start, followed by a conversation and a support plan, answers it.
