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Reference Guide to Early Language Standardized Assessments

April 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This is a one-stop resource for a comprehensive list of early language standardized assessments with strengths, weaknesses, and when to use. Sansavini A, Favilla ME, Guasti MT, Marini A, Millepiedi S, Di Martino MV, Vecchi S, Battajon N, Bertolo L, Capirci O, et al. Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic […]
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Integrating Low Tech Options and Eye Gaze

March 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Use this resource and supportive clinical materials to implement low tech eye gaze options for those with multiple disabilities. Holyfield, C., Caron, J., Lorah, E., & Norton, B. (2023). Effect of low-tech augmentative and alternative communication intervention on intentional triadic gaze as alternative access by school-age children with multiple disabilities. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services […]
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How-To-Guide for Supporting Narrative Language Development

March 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource is a quick-guide to supporting narrative language development that explores reasons to support narrative language and how-to support. Pico, D.L., Hessling Prahl, A., Biel, C.H., Peterson, A.K., Biel, E.J., Woods, C., & Contesse, V.A. (2021). Interventions designed to improve narrative language in school-age children: A systematic review with meta-analyses. Language, Speech, and Hearing […]
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Using Language to Support Transitions for Toddlers

February 29, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This parent/caregiver handout is designed to give ideas on how to incorporate language into transition times for toddlers to decrease maladaptive behaviors or familial stress. Alt, M., Mettler, H. M., Eriksonn, J. A., Figueroa, C. R., Etters-Thomas, S. E., Arizmendi, G. D., & Oglivie, T. (2019). Exploring input parameters in an expressive vocabulary treatment with […]
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Speech Samples: How to Elicit, Interpret, and Set Treatment Goals

February 29, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource gives helpful tips and a roadmap to getting speech samples across age ranges, ways to interpret them and directions for how to make meaningful goals. Spencer, T. D., Tolentino, T. J., & Fostera, M. E. (2023). Impact of discourse type and elicitation task on language sampling outcomes. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Wilder, […]
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Early Introduction of AAC in Medically Complex Infants

December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Early introduction to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an evidence-based intervention for children at risk for developing speech and language delays secondary to medical complexity. This handout provides information related to the importance of early introduction to AAC to aid the development of language skills. Davidoff, B. E. (2017). AAC With Energy—Earlier: Research shows […]
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