Using SLAM in Telepractice: Baseball Troubles
Learn innovative ways to use SLAM: Baseball Troubles cards in telepractice!
Using SLAM in Telepractice: Dog Comes Home
Learn innovative ways to use SLAM: Dog Comes Home cards in telepractice!
Using SLAM in Telepractice: Bunny Goes to School
Learn innovative ways to use SLAM: Bunny Goes to School cards in telepractice!
Using SLAM in Telepractice: Lost Cellphone
Learn innovative ways to use SLAM: Lost Cellphone cards in telepractice!
Disability Evaluations: Law and Research Review
This video reviews the requirements of appropriate disability evaluations of from the federal education law IDEA 2004 and current research guiding clinicians in how to do these evaluations as supported by the law and research.
Model Eval: 9;7- English/Spanish- Moderate Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder
This document presents a speech and language evaluation for “GM,” a 9;7 old English/Spanish bilingual who was diagnosed with a moderate receptive-expressive language disorder.
Early Intervention Evaluations (Playlist)
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.
Early Intervention Evaluations- Module 2a- Standardized Test Misuse
In this module, Cate will review city and state regulations, federal law, research-based practice in her discussion of what makes a linguistically and culturally appropriate EI evaluation. She will look more closely at commonly used Early Intervention assessments for areas of bias that may lead to misdiagnosis if used with children of diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Early Intervention Evaluations- Module 1- Law, Regulations and Policies
In this first module, Cate discusses current NYCDOH laws and regulations regarding requirements for Early Intervention evaluations. She explains that, according to current regulations, evaluators are not required to use norm- and criterion-based tests in all EI evaluations. She talks about what is “significant enough” to require early intervention in New York City, and introduces the importance of using detailed clinical observations and informed clinical opinion in determining a child’s eligibility for services.
Early Intervention Evaluations- Module 2b- Standardized Test Misuse
In this module, Cate continues discussing current issues of misuse of current standardized EI assessments. She then examines across-test inconsistencies across tests like the REEL-3, the Rossetti, Bayley-III, E-LAP, Brigance, DAY-C, amongst others. Finally, Cate will take a deeper look at the validity and reliability of these common assessments, and caution evaluators to rely on more than a standard score in determining disability eligibility for children before the age of three.