Language sample analysis is an important way to document an individual’s language skills. It is considered the gold standard for assessing spoken language production. This language sample analysis tool was created to provide a quick and easy way to analyze language samples. Various references and resources were used to determine target areas and ages of acquisition. It is divided into several sections: morphology, questions, semantics, syntax, narratives, directions, pragmatics, and speech sound
This oral motor assessment tool can be used as a guide during an assessment of oral motor abilities needed for speech and swallowing. It is divided into several sections: face and head, tongue, labial, mandible, dentition, palate and pharynx, velopharyngeal, larynx and phonation, diadochokinesis, buccal, respiration, posture, feeding, and swallowing. (Image from https://creativecommons.org)
It is imperative that speech-language pathologists conduct ethnographic interviews due to the increase in cultural and linguistic diversity that exist. This ethnographic interview tool can be used to understand experiences and how teachers, parents, and students perceive their situations. Most of the questions are designed to be open-ended and descriptive.
Narrative language skills are predictors of academic success, language abilities, and socialization skills. This narrative assessment tool can be used to analyze an individual’s oral narrative skills.
***A distance assessment tool*** This assessment tool is used to conduct speech and language observations in the classroom and at home, virtually and in-person.
***A distance assessment tool*** This informal distance assessment guide can be used to informally assess a child's ability to follow directions with embedded concepts.
This colorful editable session schedule is perfect for virtual and distance teaching. It can be used to help students visually follow their session schedules and routines. It provides a variety of editable session activities to choose from the PowerPoint template and icons. It can be used for speech therapy, special education, counseling, occupational therapy, and physical therapy sessions or small group activities.
***A distance assessment tool*** This editable informal distance assessment guide can be used to informally assess a child’s ability to say and identify letters, numbers, colors, and shapes, which are fundamental concepts needed for reading and math.