Shift in Clinical Practice (PDE: Module 26)
This module explains the need to shift the clinical practice from the traditional score driven method of evaluating children for disabilities to one supported by holograms and appropriate assessment.
How do we Know a Disability Exists? (PDE: Module 27)
This module explains that the administrator must be able to “see” that the child has a disability, based on the data and examples included in the evaluation.
Dynamic Assessment: Fast Mapping Introduction and Example 1 (PDE: Module 31)
This module introduces another form of dynamic assessment: fast mapping.
Dynamic Assessment: Fast Mapping Introduction and Example 2 (PDE: Module 32)
This module includes a different example of fast-mapping with a child with a mild delay.
Dynamic Assessment: Fast Mapping Introduction and Example 3 (PDE: Module 33)
This module provides another example of dynamic assessment using fast-mapping with a child with a mild to moderate delay.
Clinical Judgment/Informed Clinical Opinion Part 1 (PDE: Module 35)
This module begins to explain exactly what clinical judgment, or informed clinical opinion, is and how to use it during the evaluation process.
Clinical Judgment/Informed Clinical Opinion Part 2 (PDE: Module 36)
This module further describes where clinical judgment comes from: Linguistic and cultural informants (e.g. teachers, parents, people from the speech community).
Conclusion (PDE: Module 38)
Now that viewers have completed the video module series and learned about the bias and psychometric flaws inherent in standardized tests, Cate asks evaluators to change the clinical practice.
NYCDOE Preschool Evaluations Fall 2011 Memo
This document presents why a shift in approach to disability evaluation of preschoolers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds is needed.
Guidelines for NYSED Preschool Evaluations June 2013
This memo outlines current issues in the speech and language evaluation process in New York.
