Unlocking Social Potential
I’m excited to join the Frenzied SLPs to share ideas about progress monitoring using rubrics. updated 1/23 I find it so much easier to progress monitor the IEP goals of my articulation and phonology students. There is less grey area with articulation, it’s either correct or incorrect and this makes it easier for gathering quantitative data! Progress monitoring the language… Read More
Do you struggle with diagnostic labels related to social communication disorder? There is a new diagnostic label that has been added to the DSM-5! “Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder”, (SCD) was recently added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5). SCD describes people with significant difficulties using verbal and nonverbal communication for social purposes, leading to… Read More
Is assessment of pragmatic skills of young children part of your SLP job? In my position as a school-based Speech Pathologist, I perform assessments on children from the age of 30 months and older. In Wisconsin, the eligibility criteria requires that a child score at or below 1.75 standard deviations below the mean on 2 standardized tests as one prong… Read More