DISCOVER STUDENTS’
COGNITIVE POTENTIAL

Identify what can be learned, not just what has been taught.

iRi’s application of Feuerstein’s LEARNING PROPENSITY ASSESSMENT DEVICE (LPAD) measures a student’s drive to think and problem solve. This Dynamic Assessment provides teachers, therapists, and parents with a robust tool for determining the challenged learners’ cognitive modifiability. By identifying the specific cognitive functions and operations that are changeable, the iRi-certified LPAD practitioner can provide the helping adults with the strategies and tools to make real advancement possible.

The LPAD is comprised of the following components:

Implementation

• Conducted by a LPAD certified clinician over a period of 12-20 hours, 1:1 with student.

Analysis

• Identify both well-developed and deficient/fragile/emergent cognitive functions.
  Challenge in thinking and reasoning, construction of knowledge, development of problem solving skills, conceptual understanding, meta-cognition, self-regulatory behavior skills, active learning, variation in structure and formation, transition in learning skills, integration of knowledge, skills, attitude and motivation, and process orientation approach.
• Assess response to cognitive instructional strategies.
• Determine the extent to which the profiled weaknesses are amenable to change.
• Explore nature of investment needed to overcome cognitive deficiencies.

Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

• Develop a report that addresses the individualized needs based on responsiveness to cognitive instruction and intervention.

Coaching

• Continual follow-up, consulting services, and progress reporting with schools and clinics.