SLAM BOOM! Cards
We have taken our School-age Language Assessment Measures (SLAM) cards and updated them for use in teletherapy via the Boom learning platform to create SLAM BOOM! Cards! We are happy to announce the opening of our Leaders Project storefront on Boomlearning.com, where...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.
SLAM Bunny Goes to School Cards – Jamaica
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.
SLAM Bunny Goes to School Cards – Ghana
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.
Initial Template for Speech-Language Evaluators
Dr. Cate Crowley created this document to support speech language pathologists in appropriate disability determination, from carrying out the assessment to writing a quality report. Included here is a template along with the law, policy, and research supporting it as best practice in identifying individuals with disability.
Differential Diagnosis in Preschool Evaluations: A Case Study (DDPE Playlist)
Dr. Cate Crowley walks us through an appropriate evaluation of a culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) preschooler, previously misdiagnosed. She takes us from the parent interview, to interacting with the child, writing the evaluation and even formulating appropriate IEP goals.
Eliciting Quality Narratives in Expressive Language (DDPE Playlist: Module 6)
In this module Cate shows us how to elicit a quality narrative sample in order to assess expressive language.
Motor Speech, Articulation, and Speech Sound Inventory (DDPE Playlist: Module 7)
In this module, Cate continues with the evaluation by performing an assessment of Alex’s speech and articulation through the use of an articulation screener from the PLS-5.
Dynamic Assessment: Nonword Repetition, Syllable and Sentence Repetition (DDPE Playlist: Module 8)
In this module Cate discusses using dynamic assessment using repetition of nonwords, sentences and syllables (Dollaghan & Campbell, 1998) to help confirm Alex’s diagnosis of developmental apraxia.