SLAM Dog Comes Home Cards

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This set of language elicitation cards and questions was designed as a tool to be used in assessing language for preschool and elementary school aged children. These cards elicit an evidence-based language sample that can be analyzed using the Guidelines for Analysis. Developed by Cate Crowley and Miriam Baigorri. Illustrated by Tina Yeung.

SLAM Guidelines for Analysis support note-taking and analysis: click here

SLAM BOOM! Cards for Teletherapy/Telepractice Dog Comes Home: click here

Translations:

• BENGALI: SLAM Dog Comes Home Bengali Translation
• BENGALI (Roman Alphabet): SLAM Dog Comes Home Bengali (Roman Alphabet) Translation
• FRENCH (français): SLAM Dog Comes Home French Translation
• JAPANESE (日本語): SLAM Dog Comes Home Japanese (日本語) Translation
• MANDARIN (Simplified): SLAM Dog Comes Home Mandarin (Simplified) Translation
• RUSSIAN (русский язык): SLAM Dog Comes Home Russian (русский язык) Translation
• SPANISH (español): SLAM Dog Comes Home Spanish Translation
• HINDI: SLAM Dog Comes Home Hindi Translation
• MALAYALAM: SLAM Dog Comes Home Malayalam Translation
• TAMIL: SLAM Dog Comes Home Tamil Translation
• PUNJABI: SLAM Dog Comes Home Punjabi Translation
• ARABIC (Multiple Dialects): SLAM Dog Comes Home Arabic Translation
• BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE: SLAM Dog Comes Home Brazilian Portuguese Translation
• TAGALOG: SLAM Dog Comes Home Tagalog Translation

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Evaluation Questions:

1. Can you put these in order?
2. Tell me the story. [Eliciting narratives and complex clauses]
3. What is the girl thinking here?
4. Why is she putting the dog in her bag?
5. Why is the girl getting so dirty?
6. Why is she in the bathtub with a white dog now? (How do you know?)
7. What is the mother going to do now?
8. What would you say to your mom if you were the girl now?