SNAP is an exciting computer-aided diagnostic assessment and profiling package which …

• is user-friendly, systematic and comprehensive: it maps each pupil’s own mix of problems onto an overall matrix of learning, social and personal difficulties;
• gives a structured diagnostic profile across 18 specific learning difficulties and related factors, including self-esteem;
• helps to identify clusters of problems and the core features of a pupil’s difficulties;
• points the way to the most appropriate teaching and/or specialist provision;
• generates information sheets which will help to strengthen home and teacher support;
• can give insight into the effectiveness of any intervention.

Designed for use by SENCOs, learning support and specialist teachers in primary and secondary schools, and in SEN support services, SNAP brings new insights to the practical diagnosis of learning difficulties.

SNAP involves four straightforward steps:

Step 1 (Pupil Assessment Pack): class teacher(s) and parents complete structured questionnaire checklists, to give an initial ‘outline map’ of the pupil’s difficulties.

Step 2 (CD-ROM): the questionnaire responses are collated onto the CD-ROM, pinpointing any follow-up assessments needed at Step 3.

Step 3 (User’s Kit): focused assessments from the photocopiable resource bank of quick diagnostic ‘probes’ give a fuller understanding of specific problem areas.

Step 4 (CD-ROM): a computer-generated profile gives a textured overview of the pupil’s difficulties plus specific suggestions for support in school and at home (including personalised information sheets for parents) and practical follow-up.

The specific learning difficulties and related factors profiled by SNAP are:

• Attention deficit disorder
• Auditory processing
• Developmental coordination disorder/dyspraxias
• Dyscalculia
• Dysgraphia
• Hyperactivity
• Hyperlexia
• Literacy difficulties/dyslexias
• Non-verbal learning difficulties
• Phonological difficulties
• Social awareness and communicative difficulties
• Specific speech, language and communication difficulties
• Visual processing difficulties
• Working memory difficulties
• Essential fatty acid deficiency
• Educational self-esteem
• Social self-esteem

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