Summary of assessment procedures Children with significant language and motor skills delays by Robert E. Friedle, Ph.D. Clinical/Neuropsychologist Children may have learned to problem-solve and reason in ways that are not assessed by formalized evaluations and are only recognizable when the child is allowed to experience sensory information in a manner most productive to them. It is…
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Don’t Test Ability On A Disability
Testing your child’s ability on their disability is a violation of your child’s civil rights in the United States. You’d think it wouldn’t happen then, but you’d think wrong if you are talking about communication impairments. When speaking in regards to civil rights I like to refer to communication impairments as a verbal disability. A…
Speech or Language Impairments and Family Child Care
Speech or Language Impairments and Family Child Care by Doreen B. Greenstein, Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, NYAs a child care provider, one of the most frequent “special needs” that you are likely to encounter is a child with a speech or language impairment. As a family child care provider you can have a very positive…