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.
Category: Hologram
A hologram is a description of the child within the evaluation. It illustrates the child’s strengths and weaknesses to the reader, using concrete examples of interactions and utterances obtained from the caregiver during the interview or in observation/collection of data (e.g., language sample) during the evaluation.
Model Eval:12;11- Mandarin/English Typically Developing
Model Eval- English.Mandarin.12-11.pdf
WaLi is a 12 year old Mandarin/English sequential bilingual attending middle school in Chinatown, Manhattan. WaLi is an English Language Learner who is in the process of acquiring academic language in English but experiencing language loss in Mandarin as a result of his linguistic environment.
Model Eval: 10;0- Spanish/English- Typically Developing
Model Eval- Spanish.English.10-0.pdf
IN is a sequential Spanish/English bilingual 10-year old girl demonstrating typically developing language skills. She attends a prestiguous public school with a heavy hispanic population and is currently in a general education classes receiving no related services or extra supports. Ines is demonstrating language loss in Spanish, however this is expected given her current linguistic environment.
Model Eval: 6;4- English/Hebrew- Typically Developing
This model evaluation is of a simultaneous bilingual English/ Hebrew boy with typically developing language skills. However, he is experiencing some language loss in the first language (Hebrew) due to lack of exposure and practice now that he has entered a monolingual English speaking kindergarten.
Test Review: Proceed with Caution PLeaSe- Writing Quality Evaluations ASHA 2013 Poster
Writing Quality Eval Poster Final.pdf
Cate Crowley and several recent graduates of the Teachers College Columbia University speech-language pathology program created and presented this poster at the ASHA convention in Chicago, 2013. Read More
Quantification without Standardized Tests (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 37)
This modules explains how to provide quantification for a delay or disorder, if one exists, as it is required by the law. Read More
Language Sample: Subway Photo (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 34)
In this module, Cate demonstrates one of her tried and true dynamic assessment tools, SLAM Cards. 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
