Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others. Read More
Category: Literacy
Literacy refers to one’s ability to comprehend written text and produce written text.
Reading Development Module 2: Role of the SLP in Literacy
Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others. Read More
Reading Development Module 1: What does it mean to know a language?
Contemporary Approaches to Intervention: Wilson Fundations
Wilson Fundations is based on the Orton-Gillingham Principles of reading instruction and the Wilson Reading Program which both focus on multi-sensory instruction to increase literacy.
Contemporary Approaches to Intervention: Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS) ® Program for Reading, Spelling, & Speech
Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) is a multi-sensory process-based intervention program that aims to improve fluency by developing phonemic awareness. 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
Relevant Research: Psychometric Review of Language and Articulation Tests for Preschool Children
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This was one of the first of many articles publishing research demonstrating the severe limitations of using commercially available child language tests when assessing children for speech and language disability. Read More