http://bilinguistics.com/blog Bilingual Speech-Language Services, CEU's, Workshops and Assessments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:55:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a pdf. of a powerpoint presentation on successful management of a caseload for those of you that requested it.  For those of you that are around the state, it is something that we present on staff development days if you want us to come over in August. Scott Caseload Management http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=275 This website has activities for the 4th of July.  Thought I would share. http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/fourth-of-july/ http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=279 The attached document is a list of all developmental norms that you would expect for any child, regardless of home language. apples-to-apples-for-speech-and-language http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=272 This attached document is worth its weight in gold (which isn't much I guess considering it's a pdf.!).  It's a comparison of all the tests that are available for speech and language.  Check it out. Scott Common Communication Measures http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=269 For those of you that are interested, here is a presentation that we have been giving to school districts to help improve the referral process.   Improving the Referral Process Powerpoint http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=262 No more teacher, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks. Schools over but I came across this.  It is a checklist to help teachers qualntify fluency concerns. Dysfluency Checklist for Teachers http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=265 This a chart that allows you to - identify which speech disorder your student might have - identify which treatment that research has shown to be effective   -sound-disorder-definition-and-description-chart http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=235  Hi all,    Here is some of the research that we used in our Ethics study and participation ethical-Ethical Considerations with a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Population  ASHA code of ethics http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=247 Getting good referrals for speech and language evaluations is not always easy.  In a perfect world, every referral would result in qualifying a child with an impairment.   Teachers are often frustrated and overwhelmed by the process.  Here is the form that we have been using in the schools to improve ... http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=258 We've been talking a lot lately about how to better diagnose and serve our speech disordered students.  Dodd, who we find to be very useful, divides students into 3 phonlogical groups and then articulation.  This following study does a really important thing; while they only divide students into two groups ... http://bilinguistics.com/blog/?p=245