COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES
- HURON COUNTY -

Box 246,
17 Rattenbury Street East,
Clinton, Ontario, N0M 1L0
Canada
Tel: 519-482-3557
Fax: 519-482-9350

COMMENTS ON THE DISC

I am a travelling Resource Consultant working with children, ages 2-5, with special needs. I develop Individual Program Plans, complete home and school visits and administer a screen, which is the DISC.

I have been using the DISC for the past 5 years and have found it to be reliable in identifying possible and probable delays across the various areas of development.

I use the DISC for five purposes:

  1. To screen children whom preschool teachers and parents are worried about their development.
  2. To screen children to determine their eligibility for our resource program. Our program requires a child have two or more areas of probable delays.
  3. To screen children who are otherwise considered untestable in formal assessment environment. Psychometrist now request I complete the DISC as it gives them valuable information about the child's level of functioning.
  4. I feel the DISC gives valuable accurate information about what the child's areas of strengths and needs are and gives me a focus from which to develop an appropriate I.P.P. From the DISC summary results I write a report which summarizes the child's performance on the DISC and write activity suggestions to further enhance the child's development.
  5. I also use the DISC results to determine if further formal assessment is needed e.g. if fine motor scored a probable delay then I will refer the child for an Occupational Therapy assessment if expressive language and receptive language scored a "D" then the child is referred to a Speech Language Pathologist for a formal speech and language assessment. If most areas are scoring a probable delay then I will refer the child for a full developmental assessment.

I find the DISC results to be accurate as formal testing has confirmed many times that developmental delays are present in areas identified by the DISC.

Sharon Allison - Resource Consultant


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