Comments for Speechified http://speechified.com Empowering Speech Language Pathologists with exceptional diagnostic and treatment therapy skills Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Comment on Cause of autism? by Randypawson http://speechified.com/cause-of-autism/comment-page-1#comment-2962 Randypawson Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:58:00 +0000 http://speechified.com/?p=44#comment-2962 I have worked with special needs children for 15 years, most diagnosed with autism. I have found that there are many different possible etiologies that cause autistic spectrum disorder symptoms, or "behaviours". Much as senile dementia has been seen to be similar behaviours with different causalities. I have worked with special needs children for 15 years, most diagnosed with autism. I have found that there are many different possible etiologies that cause autistic spectrum disorder symptoms, or “behaviours”. Much as senile dementia has been seen to be similar behaviours with different causalities.

]]> Comment on Normal Bilingual Language Development or Language Disorder? by Laura Harris http://speechified.com/normal-bilingual-language-development-or-language-disorder/comment-page-1#comment-2961 Laura Harris Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:49:00 +0000 http://speechified.com/?p=75#comment-2961 As the English-based clinician at a bilingual elementary campus, I am in need of help with the discimination between a disorder and a language difference. I am receiving the Level D students, ones who are now receiving academic instruction in English with only Spanish support as needed. These students have not been tested in English and now I have to determine if they qualify and what goals to address with them. Do you have suggestions as to the assessment tools I should use? For example, I have just received a 4th grade student that has been receiving bilingual instruction since kindergarten and was just moved to a level D. I administered the Core subtests of the CASL and he scored in the moderate range for non-literal and pragmatic skills, standard scores of 76 and 72 respectively). I noticed with his answers that he was not getting the context of the prompt. Conversely, with the subtest of paragraph comprehension, he scored a SS of 102, answering verbally as well as just pointing at the correct picture thus I was able to understand his reasoning. There were grammatical errors (ss of 81) as well that could be due to ESL issues. I started researching this subject after testing him as I am confused as to how to proceed. I do not view him as disordered. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! As the English-based clinician at a bilingual elementary campus, I am in need of help with the discimination between a disorder and a language difference. I am receiving the Level D students, ones who are now receiving academic instruction in English with only Spanish support as needed. These students have not been tested in English and now I have to determine if they qualify and what goals to address with them. Do you have suggestions as to the assessment tools I should use?

For example, I have just received a 4th grade student that has been receiving bilingual instruction since kindergarten and was just moved to a level D. I administered the Core subtests of the CASL and he scored in the moderate range for non-literal and pragmatic skills, standard scores of 76 and 72 respectively). I noticed with his answers that he was not getting the context of the prompt. Conversely, with the subtest of paragraph comprehension, he scored a SS of 102, answering verbally as well as just pointing at the correct picture thus I was able to understand his reasoning. There were grammatical errors (ss of 81) as well that could be due to ESL issues.

I started researching this subject after testing him as I am confused as to how to proceed. I do not view him as disordered.

Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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