special education

The Test Score Stayed the Same. The Child’s Skills Didn’t.

Leave a Comment / Clinical Assessment, Data Collection, Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), Evidence-Based Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Speech Pathology, Standardized Tests / / / , , ,

For parents, educators, and speech-language pathologists working with children with developmental language disorder One of the most frustrating conversations I have with parents and professionals happens after a reevaluation. Everyone has seen the child improve. The child explains ideas more clearly and asks better questions. They need less support, write more effectively, and repair misunderstandings. […]

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Is “Dyslexia” a Useful Label for Diagnostic and Treatment Purposes?

Leave a Comment / Dyslexia and Reading Disorders, Evidence-Based Intervention, Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs), Learning Disabilities, Special Education Disputes, Speech Pathology / / / , , , ,

Last year I administered a comprehensive language and literacy reassessment to a bright 12-year adolescent with persistent reading deficits. When asked to discuss self, he readily offered, ‘I am dyslexic’, when describing some of his self attributes. This took me by surprise a few weeks later, as testing was way underway and I had the

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