这个13到19个学期的课程为专业人员提供了培训，使其可以作为教育评估员，负责确定需要特殊教育服务的学生。该计划旨在满足在小学，初中和/或中学，阅读和特殊教育学前班，幼儿园，小学，初中和/或中学获得认证的教师的扩展专业需求。它的目的是在所有被归类为残疾的学生以及幼儿群体，主要阅读障碍的残疾学生以及来自不同文化背景且可能会双语的学生中，扩展特殊教育需求的心理教育评估技能。
Hofstra University's Special Education Assessment and Diagnosis program prepares professional personnel to serve as educational evaluators responsible for identifying students in need of special educational services. This program is intended to meet the extended professional needs of teachers certified in elementary, middle and/or secondary education, reading and special education preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle and/or secondary school.<br><br>This program is intended to meet the extended professional needs of teachers certified in elementary, middle and/or secondary education, reading and special education preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle and/or secondary school. It is designed to extend skills in psychoeducational assessment of special learning needs in all students classified as disabled as well as early childhood populations, disabled students with primary specific reading difficulties, and students from different cultural backgrounds who may be bilingual.