This module applies the critical questions to Andrea’s narrative about Cinderella. Read More
Category: Clinical Judgment
Clinical judgment refers to the ability to appropriately asses the presence of a disorder or disability and to determine the appropriate intervention based on clinical experience, clinical research, and information gathered from important informants (e.g., parents, teachers, people in one’s speech community).
Clinical Judgment/Informed Clinical Opinion Part 2 (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 36)
This module further describes where clinical judgment comes from. Read More
Dynamic Assessment: Fast Mapping Introduction and Example 3 (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 33)
This module provides another example of dynamic assessment using fast-mapping with a child with a mild to moderate delay. Read More
Dynamic Assessment: Fast Mapping Introduction and Example 2 (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 32)
This module includes a different example of fast-mapping with a child with a mild delay. Read More
Dynamic Assessment: Non-Word Repetition Task Part 1 (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 29)
This module demonstrates dynamic assessment using the non-word repetition task with a typically developing child and a low-average performing child. Read More
The Benefits and Challenges of the Push-in Service Delivery Model
While traditionally many SLPs practiced only the pull-out service delivery model, this has been changing in recent years and the expectation that school SLPs provide services using the push-in model is increasingly common. In New York City, Chancellor of the Depart of Education, Dennis Walcott called for a push-in model to be used with students receiving related services. When I started working at a middle school in Brooklyn, I did not have any previous experiences providing services by pushing in. At the school placement I had done in graduate school, the SLP I worked with used the pull-out model. When I asked around for advice, I was hearing that a lot of SLPs wanted to provide push-in therapy and wanted to go into the classrooms but most did not know how to do it effectively. Read More
Report Writing: Guide
Most administrators, who make the ultimate decision on whether or not a child needs services, never actually see the child. For that reason, 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. Read More
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. Read More
