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Preschool Disability Evaluations Playlist

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Click for Details: This language elicitation card and questions were designed as a tool to be used in assessing language for preschool and elementary school aged children. Developed by Cate Crowley and Miriam Baigorri. Illustrated by Tina Yeung.

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Grammar Fundamentals for a Pluralistic Society Playlist

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Insights from Grammar (Grammar Fundamentals: Module 01)

Nouns, Determiners and Pronouns (Grammar Fundamentals: Module 02)

Verbs (Grammar Fundamentals: Module 03)

Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions and Contractions (Grammar Fundamentals: Module 04)

Phrases, Clauses and Sentences (Grammar Fundamentals: Module 05)

Real World Applications in Disability Evaluations: Grammar Fundamentals: Module 06)

Please find links to research mentioned in this module here:

Burns, F. A., Villiers, P.A., Pearson, B.Z., & Champion, T.B. (2012). Dialect-Neutral Indices of Narrative Cohesion and Evaluation. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 43(2), 132-152.

Justice, L. M., & Ezell, H. K. (2002). The Syntax Handbook: Everything You Learned about Syntax–But Forgot. Thinking Publications.

Valenti, D. (2014). Socially Stigmatized Dialects. Teachers College Columbia University, Bilingual Extension Institute, New York, NY.