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Education Station
Speech Therapy
Assessment
Developmental Checklists
Children's Speech and Language Developmental
Milestones
From the York Region Preschool Speech and Language Program
Guide to Your Child's Symptoms Speech Development
American Academy of Pediatrics
General guideline for when to seek a speech/language evaluation
http://www.aap.org/pubserv/speech.htm
Speech & Language Milestone Chart
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Concise list. To age 6.
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/speech-language/lda_milestones.html
National Network for Childcare (NNCC)
Development
Information
Information About Specific Test Instruments
Testing
Instruments: Apraxia
Links to information about The Apraxia Profile, the Kaufman Praxis Test, the
Verbal Motor Production Assessment for Children (VMPAC), the Early Motor Control
Scales, and the Screening Test for Developmental Apraxia of Speech.
Buros Institute: Test
Reviews Online
Search for information about specific
tests
ETS:
Test Collection
Search for information on standardized
tests and research instruments
Interpretation of Test Results
Understanding Tests and Measurements, for the Parent and Advocate
By Peter W. D. Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright, M.A., M.S.W.
The Special Ed Advocate
http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/tests_measurements.html
The Uses and Misuses of Processing Tests
By Louise Spear-Swerling, Ph.D.
"If you have ever been involved in an educational evaluation for learning disabilities -- whether as a parent, teacher, or in some other role -- you have probably heard about "processing tests" and "processing disorders." Many aspects of these evaluations can be problematic, but perhaps none more so than those entailing the use (and potential misuse) of processing measures. Yet the right measures, carefully interpreted, can be enormously helpful in education. In this article, I will discuss the benefits of processing measures, as well as their limitations..."
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/assessment/swerling_assessment.html
Accommodating the Child with a Disability During Testing
Reports on Accommodations
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
"...provides national leadership in the identification of outcomes and indicators to monitor educational results for all students,
including students with disabilities. NCEO addresses the participation of students with disabilities in national and state assessments,
standards-setting efforts, and graduation requirements."
http://www.coled.umn.edu/NCEO/Accommodations/accomdefault.html
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems Assessment
Augmentative Communication Assessment Protocol for Symbolic Augmentative Systems
Gamel-McCormick & Dymond, 1994
YAACK:
Choosing an AAC System
Who Comes for Speech and Language Evaluations?
by Megan Guenther
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