Who Benefits from this Six-Page IEP And Legal-Informational Document:
parents/guardians/clients: parents/guardians will benefit from neurodiversity approaches and disability affirming approaches to the IEP process for services provided through the legal document.
SLP's and other Professionals: Rather than simply focusing on standardized testing scores and assessments this approach focuses as well on qualitative descriptions of strengths. It also helps urge the writer and assessor to focus not only on weaknesses but also skills and strengths that can be harnessed in goals and report writing. Further, the document urges clinicians to identify if assessment provided and scored are invalid or valid based on disability and neurodiversity affirming and cultural/linguistic and dialectical differences. If there is testing bias that makes tests invalid the document provides support to the writer on ways to write/examples on how to explain why scores will not be reported and more examples of qualitative examples.
*** Multiple-Use, Use as many times as needed. Make a copy of the original and add/insert names and individualize for each client/student***
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What's Included:
Reasoning for Referral
Evaluation Methods Summary Including: Background/Observations, Speech and Language Assessment Used ( with a 20+ list of possibilities labeled)
Validity of Testing/Assessment Statements with options to explain validity or invalidity based on disability affirming and neurodiversity affirming standards and multicultural, multilingual and dialectical standards/differences.
Backgrounds( developmental/family history, vision and hearing, school and intervention history, independent assessment for consideration as part of the eval, parent interview, cultural and linguistic background)
Speech Skills and Oral Motor Eval(OME) overview of possible Assessments/tests with explanations (e.g. GFTA)
Voice Descriptions and possible parameters
Fluency and overview of possible Assessments/tests with explanations (e.g. SSI-4)
Language( Expressive and Receptive and overview of possible Assessments/tests with explanations ---
Test Explanations and Data Charts for Breaking up percentiles, raw and standard scores and rating significance such as:
ROWPVT, EOWPVT, CELF-5, OWLS-2, CASL, FCP-R, Listening Comprehension Test, Word Test-2, SLDT-A, Pragmatics checklist, Speech and Language Sample, Dynamic Assessment
Summary and Findings Explanation and Eligibility Review Explanation
Recommendations Explanation
Examples of not disclosing standardized test scores d/t neurodiversity differences, language, cultural or dialectical differences.