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Assess quality of movement using this tool Lucy Jane Miller brings you the NDT- and SI-based assessment you've been waiting for. Now you can evaluate the overall quality of infant and toddler movement rather than isolated skills. Use this diagnostic assessment to measure changes in children, birth to 3 1/2 years old, who have atypical motor development. Obtain standard scores on five subtests and track change over time using individual growth scores. Test with confidence using this nationally standardized assessment. You'll have reliable and valid scores based on six years of comprehensive research. Consider the validity of parent-elicited play and naturalistic sequences of movement.
This widely used, effective program helps you teach students ages 2½ through 10 years more than 1,000 vocabulary words and 700 bound morphemes with colorful and reproducible materials.
Measure the vocabulary of Spanish-speaking and bilingual students with this fast and effective test
An individually administered measure of receptive spoken grammar and syntax.
Measure an individual’s understanding of grammatical contrasts
A measure of receptive and expressive language skills. Assess listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Identify a person’s creative potential, ranging from very high to underdeveloped.
An individually administered test of spoken language abilities.
A measure of early reading abilities.
Assess the different attentional capacities in children and adolescents
Measure selective attention, sustained attention and attentional switching
Identify infants and young children who may benefit from early intervention. This norm-referenced measure of common gross motor skills assists in identifying children ages 3 through 10 years who are significantly behind their peers in gross motor skill development and who should be eligible for special education services in physical education. Two subtests included are Locomotor and Object Control. Detailed descriptions and illustrations assist you in administering the test in less than 20 minutes. Use the results to help you develop instructional programs, monitor progress, evaluate treatment, and conduct further research in gross motor development. All new normative information is keyed to the projected 2000 U. S.
Use this tool to determine students' language strategies, assist in developing remediation plans, and write Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals and objectives. , Diagnose disorders of higher-level language function. , TLC–Expanded is an excellent complement to basic language skills testing with CELF®–3. , Subtests include Ambiguous Sentences, Listening Comprehension: Making Inferences, Oral Expression: Recreating Speech Acts, Figurative Language, and a supplemental memory subtest. , Quick Screening Composite (based on two subtests) helps you determine the need for further testing.
Assess the understanding and meaningful use of spoken language and aspects of grammar. This edition features norms representative of the U. S. population and stratified by age. The test is unbiased relative to gender and race.
An individually administered language battery.
Measure math performance for major skills and related areas.
A nationally standardized test for evaluating general and specific memory functions.
Discriminate between malingering and true memory impairments
Assess single consonants, consonant blends, vowels, diphthongs, and vocalic R. A Development Articulation Index provides severity ratings, and a Treatment Index targets the most trainable phonemes. An additional quick screening test (three to five minutes) probes most commonly misarticulated words. , Use the sentence-repetition or sentence-reading task with older children and adults.
A language-free assessment of nonverbal intelligence and reasoning abilities.
Measures phonological awareness ability in Spanish-speaking children
A test of silent reading comprehension
The Test of Word Knowledge (TOWK) identifies students who lack (or excel in) the semantic skills and repertories that are the foundation of mature language use in thinking, learning, and communication. It also provides a valuable criterion measure for evaluating residual or recovered semantic knowledge following traumatic head injury or acquired aphasia. TOWK evaluates knowledge of figurative language, multiple meanings, conjunctions and transition words, receptive and expressive vocabulary, and more. You can evaluate specific problem areas or administer all subtests as a comprehensive assessment of semantic skills.
Measure of word reading accuracy and fluency.
A norm-referenced, comprehensive diagnostic test of written expression
TFLS provides an ecologically valid, performance-based screening tool to help identify the level of care an individual requires. Brief and easy to use, the TFLS is especially well-suited for use in assisted living and nursing home settings.
Use to assist in the differential diagnosis of developmental verbal apraxia, identify the presence of oral apraxia, and reveal the most problematic oral-motor sequences and movements. , Document a child's oral-motor sequencing deficits and establish the level of oral movements and sequences produced successfully. , Obtain helpful information to share with parents, teachers, and other professionals.
Addressing the need for research-based vocabulary intervention
Effectively with educators and other team members implementing a consultation modelProvide consultation to educators and work with classroom teachers to develop intervention plans for your preschool and school-age students with special needs. Assist students in achieving academic success and enhance their non-academic performance in the gym, lunchroom, and on the playground. The Consulting Therapist offers effective strategies and case studies to help you implement a consultative model. Learn how to apply your knowledge in sensory, motor, neuromuscular, perceptual, and psychosocial domains.
Provides framework for assessing a child's social-emotional behavior
This updated and revised edition of The Handbook of School Psychology contains many new chapters and information from new authors to provide a comprehensive look at school psychology—from its origins to today's cutting-edge research. The book provides tremendous breadth and depth of coverage about topics vital to school psychology. The content focuses on ways a school psychologist can work and create change within the educational system, while incorporating new concepts and strategies. Hardcover, 1,200 pages.
Determine the tone and posture of 4- to 18-month-old infants with this effective assessment tool. Use to evaluate infants who are born prematurely, treated in neonatal intensive care, affected by sickness such as meningitis and heart failure, or developing slowly. Improve your ability to assess infants with these well-researched techniques. You'll have scoring guidelines and a concise two-page assessment form to measure and score results. Keep your heavy caseload under control with computer-compatible forms. A-level product; see Ordering Information.
Help individuals express their personal problems with this simple-to-administer checklist. The Mooney Problem Check Lists are also useful for increasing teacher understanding of students and for preparing students for counseling interviews. Typical areas covered by the Check Lists are health and physical development; home and family; morals and religion; courtship, sex, and marriage.
Explores how young children learn and acquire basic mathematical skills in the elementary years from a brain-based educational perspective.
Discusses various subtypes of dyslexia from a brain/behavioral perspective as opposed to the traditional discrepancy model.
Discusses both language-based and nonlanguage-based written language disorders from a brain-based education model of learning.
Assess and develop children’s English language skills with an integrated language and literacy program
Find everything you need to know about creating therapy materials from common household items in this new resource. Make the items yourself, or include your clients in the creative process. Use the recycled therapy materials to assist clients of all ages with the fine motor activities, gross motor skills, and sensory activities described in the book. The activities are presented with a brief description of the material or activity, a list of necessary equipment, construction directions, and suggested uses and adaptations. The appendixes provide six lists to guide you in selecting activities for clients, based on age-appropriateness, type of activities, and skills addressed.
Elicit elaborate stories and descriptions of 31 pictures to reveal some of the dominant drives, emotions, conflicts, and complexities of your client's personality. Bellak has devised a practical form for recording and analyzing stories obtained by the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). When completed, the TAT Blank, a six-page folder, and the appropriate number of single-page Analysis Sheets, provide a total case record.
Learn practical strategies for managing classroom services
Your on-the-go intervention tool
Create professional looking reports and progress notes without hand written International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols. The TPC Phonetic Font, a TrueType font, can be used with any word processor whenever you need to indicate specific sounds or the pronunciation of a word.
Keep costs down while solving your personnel shortage problemsThese reproducible outlines and illustrations help you provide comprehensive and consistent training for your physical therapist aides. You'll save money and valuable explanation time. The easy-to-use material provides a basic science background and psychomotor information. Three sections of modules include— General Orientation—contains daily activities, a sample job description, standards for performance, and sample policies and procedures, Basic Principles—covers basic anatomy, concepts of exercise, patient handling skills, modality setup, and terminology , Diagnostic-Specific Training—covers common neurologic diagnoses, including specific exercise regimens and information on disease/injury.
Give caregivers the reproducible instruction sheets they need for transferring and lifting infant through adolescent clients who have motor disabilities. Save time by giving parents and caregivers the easy-to-understand illustrations and step-by-step instructions.
Assessments of expressive word-finding disorders.