Ages 3 through adult.
This comprehensive NEW resource includes information about assessing individuals with communication disorders and practical REPRODUCIBLE assessment forms that you can use with children and adults. In addition to structured assessment tasks, observational assessment tools are included that can be used with speakers of any language. Most of the assessments are designed for individuals five years of age and up. Some of the assessment procedures and materials can be used with children as young as age 3.
Reproducible measures are included for assessing the articulation, language, voice, and fluency skills of Spanish speakers. Many of these assessments can be adapted easily for use in other languages. Users of other inventories such as Spanish Language Assessment Procedures, will find this book extremely valuable when additional information is obtained in specific areas.
Assessment Strategies
Strategies are described for assessing the communication skills of students from bilingual backgrounds:
- Suggestions for assessing students in two languages
- Distinguishing differences from disorders
- Assessing learning strategies
- Using Response to Intervention strategies
- Implementing the Contextual Assessment of Language Learning (CALL)