The Diagnostic’s Portfolio

The diagnostic’s portfolio is in charge of developing specific tools allowing to screen for or diagnose (developmental) disorders in a linguistically heterogeneous school population. Currently only few diagnostic tools exist that are adapted to the multilingual school population in Luxembourg. Hence, the projects within this portfolio specialize in encompassing the linguistic diversity either by including various languages or specific language-independent tasks depending on the target area.

Major on-going projects

Language- and culture fair diagnostic test batteries
Most existing cognitive test batteries or (neuro-psychological) diagnostic tools are language-based and thus language proficiency in the test language may have an influence on the test outcome. This is esp. true for the assessment of scholastic skills (i.e. reading/writing, mathematics, language). The LUCET has therefore developed new test batteries adapted to the multilingual and multicultural school population in Luxembourg in three crucial developmental domains for learning: cognition, mathematics and reading/writing. This project is a collaboration between the LUCET and the CDA responsible to diagnose specific learning/attentional disorders and provide appropriate support.

Screener for functional vision impairments
Functional vision impairments, i.e., limitations on the use of binocular vision in day to day tasks can often go undetected. Undetected difficulties of the functional vision are likely to have a negative impact on children’s learning progress at school. It is thus crucial to assess children’s visual perception at an early stage to provide the appropriate support. The aim of this project is to develop a large-scale screener for functional vision at the beginning of children’s formal schooling (in grade 1). This project is a collaboration between the LUCET and the CDV responsible to diagnose visual impairments and provide appropriate support.