Bibliography for Families: Assessing Children for the Presence of a Disability

This bibliography, intended for families, lists 65 resources on assessing children for the presence of a disability. Resources are intended to ensure that all members of the Individualized Education Program team, including parents, have an appropriate base of information. Resources were published from 1983 through 1994 and are grouped into the following categories: (1) materials for consumers; (2) textbooks; (3) resources providing reviews and critiques of specific tests; (4) selected resources on curriculum-based assessment; (5) selected resources on dynamic assessment; (6) selected resources on task analysis; (7) selected resources on assessment of specific disabilities or specific skill areas (attention deficit disorder, behavior, hearing or visual impairments, intelligence, language, learning/reading disabilities, mental retardation, nonverbal individuals, and physical/multiple disabilities); and (8) selected resources on assessment of minority students. A list of publishers with addresses and telephone numbers completes the bibliography. (DB)