Department of
Special Education
UIC Educational Assessment Clinic
About the Clinic: The Assessment Clinic, located in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Education, provides the Chicago land community with an Educational Assessement program for school age (6-16 years) children who are having learning difficulties. The students are given a comprehensive battery of formal and informal tests along with parent interviews and a classroom observation, all of which are included in a final Case Study Report.
Students are assessed at the clinic by interns who are completing their Master’s Degree in Special Education. They complete the assessments under supervision and with guidance from the Clinic Director and Instructors. Interns in the Master’s Degree program are required to complete this internship as a part of their preparation as teachers. After each testing session the interns, together with the Instructor, analyze the information collected to make educational recommendations for use in the home and at school. An assessment of the child’s educational needs is provided to the parents in a detailed written report after the testing sessions culminate.
Please call us at 312-996-8137 to learn more about the Assessment Clinic. We are looking forward to working with you!
Clinic Schedule: Clinic sessions are held three times per year, coinciding with the academic calendar. The time commitment involved for the assessment clinic spans 6 sessions with each session lasting 2 hours, for a total of 12 hours of testing.
Typically in the fall, we test on Saturdays through October and into early November.
Typically in the spring, we test on Saturdays through March and into early April.
Typically in the summer, we test 3 days per week during a two-week period in late June and early July.
- Woodcock Johnson-III Tests of Cognition and Achievement
- Key Math-4
- Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals- 4th Edition
- Test of Written Language
- Informal Reading Inventory
- Slingerland Screening Tests for Identifying Children with Specific Language Disability
- Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Basic Skills
- Conners’ Rating Scale Revised
Clinic Fees: The fee for testing is $350. Under special circumstances, this fee can be reduced. Payment options are available.
Family Resources: In the sections below, you will be directed to several sites that list Chicago area tutors, community centers, advocacy groups, and other resources. This list is not meant to be comprehensive, and we welcome your input. If you have had an experience at a tutoring or community center that you found useful we ask you to please share it with us so we can share it with other families.
http://www.thecityofchicago.com/tutoring/index.html
A list of Chicago area tutoring and remediation services that includes addresses and phone numbers.
A Non-profit, drop-in writing and tutoring center in the Wicker Park neighborhood.
http://www.chicagoyouthcenters.org/
This is a listing of Citywide Youth Centers. Each offers various after school and weekend services.
Advocacy:
Family Resource Center on Disabilities
(312) 939-3513
These links will take you to the English and Spanish versions of:” A Parent's Guide - The Educational Rights of Students with Disabilities”
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/spec-ed/pdfs/parent_guide_english.pdf
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/spec-ed/pdfs/parent_guide_spanish.pdf
This website provides parents and caregivers with information and answers to learn more about disabilities.
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/spec-ed/html/parents.htm
This site contains information for parents on topics including early childhood special education, Project CHOICES, parent training, and links to the document A Parent’s Guide – The Educational Rights of Students with Disabilities in English and Spanish.
http://www.nichcy.org/stateshe/il.htm
and Other Organizations that can offer information and assistance about disability issues.
This is the Illinois Branch of the International Dyslexia Association; it serves the entire state of Illinois and is “dedicated to the study and remediation of dyslexia and to the support and encouragement of individuals with dyslexia and their families.”
This site will help you find answers to a variety of disability related concerns, including information on how to seek individual assistance with disability-related rights issues, information on legislation and public policy that impacts the disability community, training to help you advocate for your own disability rights in a variety of circumstances, and information on ensuring that people with disabilities remain safe in the wide variety of settings where they live and work. This site also maintains a wealth of links and documents related to disability rights issues in its Resource Center.