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In this playlist, Dr. Cate Crowley walks Early Intervention Evaluators through critical steps in conducting an Early Intervention evaluation considering current federal law, state regulations, clinical judgment, and evidence-based practice.
In this playlist, Dr. Crowley, first looks at the legal requirements for Early Intervention evaluations emphasizing that evaluations do not require standardized test scores. She continues by breaking down some of the issues with the standardized tests currently used in Early Intervention evaluations. Dr. Crowley then discusses the Critical Questions that should be considered during an Early Intervention evaluation and how clinicians can develop informed clinical opinion to utilize during their evaluations. She discusses some important points for conducting bilingual evaluations and apraxia diagnosis and treatment.
Find resources used in this playlist here:
The Critical Questions for Early Intervention in English
The Critical Questions for Early Intervention in Spanish
The Critical Questions for Early Intervention in Brazilian Portuguese
The Critical Questions for SLP Early Intervention Evaluations
Module 1 Handout
Module 2a Handout
Module 2b Handout
Module 3 Handout
Module 4 Handout
Module 5 Handout
Module 6 Handout
Module 7 Handout
Find each of the individual modules here:
Module 1- Law, Regulations and Policies
Module 2a- Standardized Test Misuse
Module 2b- Standardized Test Misuse
Module 4- The Critical Questions
Module 5- Informed Clinical Opinion
Module 6- Bilingual Evaluations
Module 7- Apraxia, Diagnosis and Treatment
