Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW®) is excited to launch its latest initiative — TARI: Training & Assessment, Advocacy, Research Institute. As the world leader in the field of Learning Disabilities, LDW works with renowned experts in the field of learning disabilities from around the globe. The overall goal is to help children with learning disabilities to not only achieve academically, but also to succeed in life. Through this innovative institute, LDW will assist school personnel, parents, and the multi disciplinary experts that come in contact with individuals with learning disabilities through training and advocacy programming. Furthermore, TARI will enable LDW to promote research of best practices, encourage additional relevant research, as well as to support early identification and intervention.
Below, please find a brief overview of each of the three departmental areas of TARI: Training and Assessment, Advocacy, and Research Institute.
Training and Assessment TARI’s Department of Training and Consultation will develop curriculum; contract for training with schools, government agencies, and parent organizations; deliver and evaluate training; provide follow-up consultation and support for training; and provide consultation independent of training. In addition, TARI’s Interdisciplinary Institute for the Study of Special Education Policy will identify, study, and develop solutions for the major problems impeding special education services to children with learning disabilities. It will develop plans for field testing and evaluating proposed solutions and helping governments and other policy makers effectively implement solutions with proven merit.
TARI’s Department of Assessment and Clinical Training will provide a broad range of training and related educational and clinical services regarding the assessment of children with learning disabilities and the differential diagnosis of concurrent and/or related educational, clinical, and psychiatric disorders.
A cornerstone component of this department is a comprehensive training program in neurodevelopmental assessment, an educational program for school and clinical psychologists, educationally based neuropsychologists, and learning disability teachers and specialists. The neurodevelopmental assessment training program covers a wide range of topics and current research that involve the understanding, assessment, diagnosis, and remediation of learning disabilities and related disorders from a broad based neurodevelopmental perspective. The program is formatted in training modules that can be presented in various scheduling patterns to accommodate learner/participants scheduling availability and course content needs. Participants that complete the entire course of studies will be granted a certificate of completion from TARI in Neurodevelopmental Assessment and Training.
Advocacy TARI’s Department of Advocacy will focus on providing training for parents to enable them to take an active role in designing services and supports for their children with Learning Disabilities and AD/HD. The department will also provide a voice in Washington, DC and throughout the world to safeguard policy and protection for children with special needs.
Research TARI’s Department of Research will promote research that pertains to the academic, social, emotional development of individuals with learning disabilities. The research projects will have the focus on individuals with learning disabilities, their families and the context they live in and are educated at. Thus, various projects that would intend to improve the ways in which we understand learning disabilities will be developed. In general, the research projects would aim to increase our knowledge base on the areas of: (a) assessment, (b) identification, (c) interventions, and (d) advocacy. The knowledge base from the research projects would have an applied component in which it will be readily available to help individuals with learning disabilities.
Institute Over the next few months, LDW® will be rolling out the institute with programming (training sessions, workshops, policies, curriculum and journals) related to each of the three areas. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back periodically to learn more about these events and how you can benefit from TARI.
