ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES

EARLY INTERVENTION ASSESSMENT

STEPS:

Source: Assessment in Speech-Language Pathology: A Resource Manual by Julie G. McAfee and Kenneth Shipley

  • EXPRESSIVE

    • use gestures or signs to communicate

    • nonspeech vocalizations

    • meaningful vocalizations

    • imitate sounds

    • imitate words

    • spontaneously produce words

    • communicate intent

    • name familiar objects

    • use word combinations

    RECEPTIVE

    • respond to verbal stimulation (answer to their name, respond to inhibitory words)

    • use eye contact

    • follow simple commands

    • point to named objects in a picture book or in the environment

    • follow simple directions

    PLAY

    • use objects and toys appropriately

    PRAGMATIC

    • appropriate back-and-forth communicative exchanges

  • Description text goes here

    • Evaluate structure & function of the oral mechanism system.

    • Functional vs. Organic

  • Boehm Test of Basic Concepts (Boehm-3) (Boehm, 2001)

    CELF-5 Screening Test (Wiig, Semel, & Secord, 2013)

    Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test (2nd ed.) (Fluharty, 2000)

    Kindergarten Language Screening Test (KLST-2) (Gauthier & Madison, 1998)

  • Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI-2) (Newborg, 2004)

    Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III) (Bayley, 2005)

    Preschool Language Scales (PLS-5) (Zimmerman, Steiner, & Evatt-Pond, 2011)

    Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test (REEL-3) (Bzoch, League, & Brown, 2003)