Quantification without Standardized Tests (PDE: Module 37)
This modules explains how to provide quantification for a delay or disorder, if one exists, as it is required by the law.
Model Eval: 3;0- English- Severe Language Delay- Blind/ Multiple Handicaps
This is a model evaluation of Martha: a prelinguistic 3-year-old child who is blind and has very significant cognitive, fine motor, and gross motor impairments.
Model Eval: 3;0- AAE/ SAE- Severe Language Delay- Shaken Baby Syndrome
This is a model evaluation of Anthony: a 3-year-old child with multiple-handicaps who has “Shaken Baby Syndrome” due to abuse.
(Barac & Bialystok, 2011) Cognitive Development of Bilingual Children
This article examines the benefits and differences of bilingual children’s linguistic and cognitive development.
Understanding Assessment: Understanding the Hologram
A hologram is a description of a child within an evaluation that illustrates the child’s strengths and weaknesses for the reader and should include examples that show the child’s ability to learn and highest level of functioning, as well as a description of when his or her skills break down.
Report Writing: Guide
It is extremely important that the evaluator include all the necessary information in their evaluation. This is a template of all the necessary sections in an evaluation.
Understanding Assessment: Assessment Materials- Dynamic vs. Static Assessment
A variety of assessment materials and procedures, including both static and dynamic assessments and language samples, are frequently used in speech and language as well as psychoeducational evaluations.
Understanding Assessment: Assessment Materials- Fast Mapping
Fast mapping is a type of novel word-learning, dynamic assessment used in evaluating preschool and school-aged children.
Understanding Assessment: Assessment Materials- Language Sample
Language sampling is an essential part of any speech and language evaluation and research has shown it to be less biased against culturally and linguistically diverse children than standardized tests.
Report Writing: Background
It is important to be as thorough as possible when writing the background section of the evaluation as extenuating circumstances could explain a delay in language development and also help the evaluator differentiate between a delay, disorder, or normal language development, given the circumstances.
