As I celebrate my 46th year in the field of speech and language pathology, I find myself more committed than ever to continued learning and evolving with the needs of the students and professionals I serve. The field has transformed dramatically since I began, and…

As speech and language pathologists,  we evaluate student’s speech and language skills. Although there is a wealth of evaluation tools for students for speech and language it is sometimes difficult to find tools for our students with severe disabilities. We especially want a tool that…

The Clinical Assessment of Articulation and Phonology-2 is a test used to evaluate articulation and phonology and get baseline information. Some of the fun benefits of this particular test are the little figures that come as part of the test. For some of our younger…

Assessment drives instruction. Evaluation data helps to drive the instruction of a student. When we take baseline we get a direction for our teaching.  Prior to seeing a new student/client, we read through their records to develop a picture and to make a group of…