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User Level B Assessment Training

ULB Training
This accreditation is designed to support and upskill professionals required to use, or interested in using, our User Level B assessments. This multi-unit accreditation ensures relevance to your practice, by providing a foundation in statistics and psychometrics and complementing this with further administration and interpretation training in assessments.
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User Level B Training (Academic Achievement) · On Demand
A103000360921 Qualification Level A

This on demand training is designed to support and upskill User Level A primary and secondary teachers, special educators, learning support staff and other professionals working in the Education industry to help screen and assess a student’s cognitive ability, academic achievement, cognitive skills, and social-emotional learning by providing access to User Level B assessments. This training focuses on the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT).

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AUD 1,100.00

Training details

Audience

This on demand training is designed for professionals working within Education or Health environments who are currently a User Level A and would like to begin using our User Level B assessments. It is highly recommended for professionals interested in Academic Achievement concerns and are interested in using the WIAT and other User Level B assessments, in their practice.

Course Structure

The training is comprised of three units. We suggest you allow 8-15 hours to complete on-demand units. This time will vary based on the User Level B assessment category and the number of on-demand units.

Unit 1 – Introduction to Statistical Concepts

Unit 1 will focus on introducing statistical concepts and principles that underpin all our User Level B assessments. The unit will specifically discuss:

  • Sets of scores and how to describe them
  • The measures of central tendency
  • Standard deviation and measures of spread
  • Ordinal and categorical data
  • Converting raw scores to z and t scores
  • Interpretation considerations
Unit 2 - Understanding User Level B Assessments

Unit 2 will focus on improving your understanding of the User Level B assessment portfolio and your capacity to use User Level B assessments in context. The unit will specifically discuss:

  • Developing an assessment hypothesis based on a referral
  • User Level B assessment categories
  • User Level B direct assessment administration principles
  • Reporting considerations
Unit 3 – WIAT Administration, Scoring and Interpretation

Unit 3 will focus on contextualising the statistical principles you have learned through one of our leading User Level B assessments, the WIAT-III A&NZ. The unit will specifically discuss:

  • Subtest by subtest overview of the WIAT
  • Administration of the WIAT
  • Scoring of the WIAT
  • Interpretation considerations when using the WIAT
  • Scoring using Q Global

Learning Outcomes

After undertaking this training, participants will be able to:

Unit 1
  • Use and interpret both descriptive and inferential statistics
  • Compare sets of scores in classroom
  • Understand and be able to interpret measures of spread, deviation scores and standard deviation
  • Use and interpret the foundations of standard scores, including z and t scores and the normal distribution
Unit 2
  • Develop a testable hypothesis based on a referral
  • Describe and detail the various assessments that comprise the User Level B portfolio
  • Describe the difference between direct and indirect assessments
  • Undertake a User Level B direct assessment ensuring that best practice guidelines are understood and adhered to
  • Generate an assessment report
Unit 3
  • Understand the general administration principles and practice guidelines of the WIAT-III A&NZ
  • Adhere to scoring principles and practices of the WIAT-III A&NZ
  • Explain basic interpretation considerations when using the WIAT-III A&NZ
  • Adhere to ethical considerations when using the WIAT-III A&NZ
  • Understand WIAT-III resources available to users

Once you’ve completed the training, you’ll be able to purchase all our gold-standard User Level B assessments and will have one month of free digital access to the following test manuals and stimulus books:

  • Vineland-3
  • PEDI-CAT
  • Sensory Profile
  • EVT-3
  • Movement-3
  • BOT-3
  • WIAT-III A&NZ
  • BASC BESS
  • Bracken School Readiness Assessment

Prerequisites

To attend our User Level B (Academic Achievement) training, you will need to:

While it is no longer mandatory to acquire an “approved mentor” to supervise your scoring and reporting of User Level B practice assessments, we would strongly recommend that you do so to ensure your administration and practice of assessment usage is accurate.

Your mentor should be an existing User Level B or C and have at least 6-12 months of experience using User Level B assessments.

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