Basic Skills offers two services designed to support families
with special needs children: The Privately Developed Plan (PDP)
and Special Needs Testing (described below). Testing Special
Needs This testing seeks to measure and identify learning
disabilities, learning styles, intellectual abilities, and
academic achievements. Special-needs testing consists of two
tests, each running about 1½ - 2 hours in length. The first test
measures verbal ability, thinking ability, and cognitive
reasoning. The second test measures Reading, Oral Language,
Mathematics, Written Language, and Academic Knowledge (Science,
Social Studies and Humanities). When combined with other
pertinent information, such as parental input regarding you
child’s family, medical, educational, and social/behavioral
history which we will ask you to provide, this test can be a
very useful tool to help make decisions regarding educational
and vocational planning. The entire testing process consists of
the following elements: - Pre-test Parent Confere