When Your District Requires Standard Scores for Developmental Delay
I received this question from an SLP in Arizona: “What do you do when the eligibility category being considered is DD and you have a bilingual child where there is no appropriate standardized test … yet the district still wants a standard score of 1.5 SD to qualify in...
Expert Advice on Determining Disability for Multilingual Learners – A Conversation with Angie Neal, M.S., CCC-SLP
Problem-solving meetings meant to help clarify if a bilingual student should be referred for an...
Expert Advice on Evaluation and Eligibility Related to IDEA – A Conversation with Dr. Lissa Power-deFur
If you have been an SLP for more than five minutes, you've probably attended an eligibility...
4 Quick Rules for Understanding Spanish Phonology
A Spanish and English-speaking child sits in front of you staring longingly at your shelf of games...
Top 12 Errors in Speech-Language Reports for Bilingual Students
We have the privilege of writing, seeing, and proofing many reports throughout the year because of...
Can you do your job without saying the B word, the C word or the D word?
I started my journey into the field of speech-language pathology in 1994, a little over three...
Pros and Cons of Parents as Interpreters in Speech-Language Services
I received the following question about parents interpreting during an evaluation from a...
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