Unlocking Social Potential
The Evolving Definition of Pragmatics Informal pragmatics assessment of social communication should have both a receptive and an expressive component. Using a video based assessment tool allows the evaluator to efficiently obtain information about what the student understands about the skill as well as how the student uses it. The definition of pragmatics has evolved to recognize the receptive and… Read More
Are you planning for a screening or informal assessment for selective mutism? What is selective mutism? According to Asha, selective mutism is a childhood anxiety disorder. It is also known as “situational speaking.” A primary characteristic is a child’s inability to speak and communicate effectively in select social settings, like school. A child’s symptoms of reluctance to speak can vary… Read More
Do you work on test-taking vocabulary with middle and high school students? Do you have middle or high school students that don’t do well on formal tests and assignments with open-ended questions? Are you spinning your wheels when working on academic or high stakes vocabulary? One way to have your interventions make a cross curricular impact is to work on… Read More
Updated 1/23 Why do a deep r screening? An effective speech therapy intervention for the /r/ sound begins with a deep r screening. Why? The American English /r/ phoneme varies according to the sounds that proceed and follow the /r/ sound. So, if you are you only screening for the /r/ in the initial, medial and final positions of words, (as… Read More