Test Review: Bayley-III
While using they Bayley III, scores should not be calculated or used to diagnose speech and/or language delay/disorder or to determine special education services.
Test Review: PLS-5 English
The PLS-5 is designed for use with children aged birth through 7;11 to assess language development and only be used to probe for information and not to identify a disorder or disability.
Test Review: PLS-5 Spanish
The PLS-5 Spanish is designed to determine the presence and severity of a receptive, expressive, or receptive-expressive language delay or disorder and only be used to probe for information and not to identify a disorder or disability.
Ghana 2012: AAC Professional Development Day at Nkawkaw for Special Education Teachers
In this video, Catherine Crowley discusses the events of a professional development day at Nkawkaw for Special Education Teachers in Ghana.
Ghana 2012: A day at the Effiduasi unit school for children with disabilities
In this video, Catherine Crowley discusses a trip to the Effiduasi unit school for children with disabilities in Ghana in 2012.
Ghana 2012: Working with the Cleft palate and cranio-facial team at Korle Bu Hospital in Accra
In this video, Catherine Crowley discusses working with the Cleft palate and cranio-facial team at Korle Bu Hospital in Accra.
(LEADERSproject.org) What’s Wrong With Labeling a Child With a Disability When the Child Does Not Have One?
This document relays some important points about why practitioners must take care when labeling children as having a disability or not because of the effects it can have on their academic futures.
Test Review: CELF-4
The Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Fourth Edition (CELF-4) is a standardized test designed to assess the presence of a language disorder or delay and should only be used to probe for information and not to identify a disorder or disability.
Test Resource Guide: Volume VII- Assessment of Cognition and Affect
This resource consists of reviews of standardized measures of cognition and affect that may be used to provide information for determining eligibility for special education and for planning the education of students who have an educational disability.
CPSE Guidelines for Evaluations NYCDOE
This memo sets forth the current standards for disability determinations, which are consistent with a diagnostic process consistent with a social model.
