The Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III) is designed to assess the developmental functioning of infants and young children 1-42 months of age. Read More
Category: Disability Evaluations
Test Review: PLS-5 English
The PLS-5 is designed for use with children aged birth through 7;11 to assess language development and identify children who have a language delay or disorder. Read More
Test Review: PLS-5 Spanish
PLS-5 Spanish (2012)_Pub_10.29.13.pdf
The PLS-5 Spanish is designed to determine the presence and severity of a receptive, expressive, or receptive-expressive language delay or disorder in monolingual Spanish speakers or bilingual Spanish-English speaking children from birth to 7 years 11 months. Read More
Test Review: CELF-4
CELF-4 Test Review- Final Draftdocx.pdf
The Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Fourth Edition (CELF-4) is a standardized test designed to assess the presence of a language disorder or delay in children aged 5-21. Read More
Preschool Disability Evaluations (Playlist)
This is a collection of 38 modules from Cate Crowley’s NYCDOE workshop regarding preschool children and accurate disability evaluations. Read More
Dynamic Assessment: Cognitive Assessment (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 28)
This module explains what dynamic assessment is through an example for viewers. Read More
How do we Know a Disability Exists? (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 27)
This module explains that the administrator must be able to “see” that the child has a disability, based on the data and examples included in the evaluation. Read More
Law and Policy: Guidelines for NYSED Preschool Evaluations June 2013
Guidelines for NYSED preschool evaluations.pdf
This memo outlines current issues in the speech and language evaluation process in New York. Read More
