Speech and Language Assessment Recommended Tests

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Hi, I have a 7 year old son who may have Asperger's Syndrome. He is in a

regular 1st/2nd grade combination class at a public school. He receives Speech

therapy and has a few modifications that I'm sure the teacher isn't even aware

of. He is reading better than any of the 1st graders and his math skills are

well above average as well. He is adjusting to the class. He has a bit of

trouble on the playground but nothing drastic. We have a behavior contract and

the target behavior is keep his hands to himself. He has had mostly all perfect

days!

The speech specialist wants to exit him from speech because he has done well on

her tests. Yes, he has a great vocabulary. But he uses some words incorrectly.

He always mixes up today, tomorrow, and yesterday. He makes up words like

beround for around. And he does not use prepositions correctly. He knows on

top of, under, and so on ... but he uses to, for, from, by incorrectly.

I dont' want him to lose his accomodations and feel he still needs speech

therapy. I read a book on Asperger's Syndrome that says that the CELF IV is a

test that evaluates the pragmatics of conversation which I know would show his

need for speech.

Do you know the name of any other Speech Evaluations that would show this

therapist that my son does indeed need speech?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

One of the best and most useful things we've ever done is have our son evaluated by our city's best Children's Hospital. He had a full round of evaluations by top professionals, including a full speech and language evaluation that highlighted for us his pragmatic speech issues and areas of need, including inferencing, understanding multiple directions, and other pragmatic weaknesses.

From: <kellymc62@...>Subject: ( ) Speech and Language Assessment Recommended Tests Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 7:30 PM

Hi, I have a 7 year old son who may have Asperger's Syndrome. He is in a regular 1st/2nd grade combination class at a public school. He receives Speech therapy and has a few modifications that I'm sure the teacher isn't even aware of. He is reading better than any of the 1st graders and his math skills are well above average as well. He is adjusting to the class. He has a bit of trouble on the playground but nothing drastic. We have a behavior contract and the target behavior is keep his hands to himself. He has had mostly all perfect days!The speech specialist wants to exit him from speech because he has done well on her tests. Yes, he has a great vocabulary. But he uses some words incorrectly. He always mixes up today, tomorrow, and yesterday. He makes up words like beround for around. And he does not use prepositions correctly. He knows on top of, under, and so on ... but he uses to, for, from, by incorrectly. I dont' want him to

lose his accomodations and feel he still needs speech therapy. I read a book on Asperger's Syndrome that says that the CELF IV is a test that evaluates the pragmatics of conversation which I know would show his need for speech. Do you know the name of any other Speech Evaluations that would show this therapist that my son does indeed need speech?Thanks,

[Guest guest]

yes, the TOPL (test of pragmatic language). I don't know the ages for

that off hand. One thing to do is to request a test for pragmatic

language. But also be cautious. My own ds scored really high on the

TOPL a few years ago because he knows how to give the right answers.

His ability to do these things in real life was another story.

Luckily, his ST knows him well and put that in the report. One thing

that helps is to have an evaluation that includes observations. Have

the therapist sit around and observe how he functions in regular

situations, at recess, class, etc. You can also write up your own list

of observations to show the team. Just saying, " He needs this because

he has this problem " is one thing...but to have examples (data) to back

you up is so helpful. In addition, if you disagree with the ST

evaluation, you can request an IEE (independent educational evaluation)

at public expense. Get an outside independent eval might be really

helpful.

 Roxanna

" The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do

nothing. " E. Burke

( ) Speech and Language Assessment Recommended

Tests

Hi, I have a 7 year old son who may have Asperger's Syndrome. He is

in a regular 1st/2nd=2

0grade combination class at a public school. He

receives Speech therapy and has a few modifications that I'm sure the

teacher isn't even aware of. He is reading better than any of the 1st

graders and his math skills are well above average as well. He is

adjusting to the class. He has a bit of trouble on the playground but

nothing drastic. We have a behavior contract and the target behavior

is keep his hands to himself. He has had mostly all perfect days!

The speech specialist wants to exit him from speech because he has done

well on her tests. Yes, he has a great vocabulary. But he uses some

words incorrectly. He always mixes up today, tomorrow, and yesterday.

He makes up words like beround for around. And he does not use

prepositions correctly. He knows on top of, under, and so on ... but

he uses to, for, from, by incorrectly.

I dont' want him to lose his accomodations and feel he still needs

speech therapy. I read a book on Asperger's Syndrome that says that

the CELF IV is a test that evaluates the pragmatics of conversation

which I know would show his need for speech.

Do you know the name of any other Speech Evaluations that would show

this therapist that my son does indeed need speech?

Thanks,