Table 3. Project Components – Content, Audiences and Evaluation

LD Screening Module

Accommodation
Modules

Employer
Modules

Comprehensive SLD Service Model

Content

• Self-rating
• Inventory
• Performance battery

• Accommodations matrices
• Functional needs interview
• Accommodation selection procedure
• Information on the LD condition and its impact on daily life

 

• Myths and Facts
• Legal Rights and Responsibilities
• Checklists & job analysis
• "Person First" terminology
•Information on tax credits
• Determining workplace accommodations
•Resources

 

Plan for:
• LD diagnostic battery
• Work skill development curriculum
• Self-advocacy curriculum
• Administration guide

Audience

• SRS case manager
• SDA case manager

• SRS case manager
• SDA case manager
• Community-based organizations

 

• Employers
• Small Business Development Centers
• Case managers

• Community college instructors
• Adult education programs
• Corrections

Evaluation

• Survey of case managers
• Cross-validation of sample (n=100)
• TANF clients on panel
• Follow-up of 50 TANF clients who screen positive for SLD

• Survey of case managers
• TANF clients on panel
• Evaluative feedback from CBOs

• Survey
• Phone interview with sample (n=30)
• Evaluative feedback from SBDCs

• Instructor evaluations
• Learner evaluations
• Community college staff evaluations