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Addressing the needs of ADHD and Low-Achieving math
students and planting the seeds for success PACERS, Incorporated is
a service-oriented organization that is committed to
free or low-cost yet admirable consultation to community agencies,
teachers, parents, and psycho-educational and counseling services to students
who are at-risk for academic failure. One of our featured products is the
Carlisle- Attention Diagnostic System (C-ADDS). The C-ADDS was a
face-to-face paper and pencil test that was recently transformed into a
web-based ADHD diagnostic screening tool that utilizes nine subtests which
provide feedback on the multiple aspects of the client’s level of attention
and executive functioning. The primary goal of PACERS, Inc is to
facilitate a partnership that will nurture, challenge, and motivate students
to strive for academic excellence and to become life-long learners and
productive members of the society. Mission: The mission of PACERS, Inc is to instill confidence in, and
offer an alternative message of hope, a sense of relief and a touch of
joy to care-givers, struggling ADHD children and others at-risk for
academic failure.
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Online Services include: 1. Diagnostic screening of attention and executive
functioning deficits in children. § Necessary arrangement are made
for the child to take the C-ADDS – an online diagnostic screening device § The child’s performance is analyzed § Standardized scores and a pictograph are generated to
showing the likelihood that the child has deficits in attention and executive
functioning § A report is generated indicating specific deficits
in some of the underlying components of ADHD and various other executive
functions. § Client has option to purchase a
premium report which would include a more extensive analysis and
recommendations for web-based interventions that target their specific
deficits. 2.
Academic and various support services to students who may be at-risk for academic failure. Qualified personnel for the
PACERS, inc. organization would utilize online web applications to perform
the following tasks: § Pre-assess your child to determine his/her math and
reading level § Generate a prescribed an sequence
of interventions to target the math/reading deficits § Progress monitor the child’s
progress and provide parents/guardians with relevant feedback information § Empower parent with the necessary information so that they
can be effective advocate for their children.
The C-ADDS is a
web-based screening of ADHD that utilizes nine subtests which provide feedback on the multiple aspects
of the client’s level of attention and executive functioning. Each subtest generally starts
with items that are relatively easy but gradually increase in the level of
difficulty. Airtight diagnostics/assessment procedures identify and
track the types of errors the student is making. Statistical procedures
and analyses are then used to generate a set of Standard Scores and a
graphical/pictorial representation of the student’s performance yielding
results which identify specific deficits in core areas of attention and
executive functioning and indicate the likelihood that the individual has a
disorder in attention or executive functioning. The C-ADDS subtest
items/activities have been especially designed for the diagnostic screening of attention
and executive functioning skills in young children. The novel activities help
kids to stay engaged while the various areas of attention and executive
functioning are being assessed. Each student interaction is tracked to
create/provide a detailed executive functioning report on each child and to
allow for the personalizing of support strategies based on individual
Executive Functioning profile. These reports allow teachers, parents and healthcare professionals to get a snapshot
view of student’s strengths and/or deficits at a glance. The C-ADDS reports
also provide suggested web-based activities that claim to have relatively
good prognostic value. Carlisle S. Applewhaite,PhD Psycho-educational Consultant
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