Evaluations
Comprehensive Speech, Language, Reading, and Writing Evaluations
Comprehensive Speech, Language, Reading, and Writing Evaluations are designed to assess all areas of a student’s language system that are important for being successful in school. These evaluations provide in-depth assessment of an individual’s spoken and written language skills and abilities in the following areas:
Language/Listening Comprehension
Vocabulary knowledge; understanding of word relationships, sentences with various grammatical structures/complex syntax, multi-step directions, and stories; higher-order skills (inferencing, understanding of figurative language & multiple meanings, etc.); verbal memory
Expressive Language
Vocabulary/word retrieval; spoken language formulation; sentence generation; knowledge/use of grammar; narrative organization/production
Reading
Reading readiness skills (letters and their corresponding sounds); decoding; word recognition; reading fluency; reading comprehension
Writing
Spelling; sentence generation; organization/production of narratives, paragraphs, and/or multi-paragraph essays; writing mechanics
Phonological Processing / Memory / Awareness and Rapid Naming
Oral language skills and abilities that the research shows are critical for acquiring basic reading skills
Social Communication / Pragmatics
Articulation / Speech Production
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Speech and Language Evaluations
Speech and Language Evaluations provide in-depth assessment of a student’s speech and oral language skills and abilities in the following areas, as described above:
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Language/Listening Comprehension
Expressive Language
Phonological Processing / Memory / Awareness and Rapid Naming
Social Communication / Pragmatics
Articulation / Speech Production
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Reading and Written Language Evaluations
Reading and Written Language Evaluations provide in-depth assessment of a student’s skills and abilities in the following areas, as described above:
Reading
Spelling
Writing
Phonological Processing / Memory / Awareness and Rapid Naming
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In addition to direct testing, all of the evaluations include a parent feedback conference and generation of a comprehensive written report that includes an in-depth discussion of test results, academic implications, and detailed therapeutic/educational recommendations.
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