Speech & Language Evaluation Report

We had our meeting with the William County Schools speech teacher today to discuss her evaluation. All her "findings" were consistent with how we feel Carter speaks.

Here are some excerpts from the Speech and Language Evaluation Report ...


Articulation/Phonology

Formal Assessment: The Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation 2 was administered to identify the sounds which Carter has difficultly producing. The test requires the student to name single pictures which measure sound use in the initial, medial and final positions of single words. Carter made 58 errors on this subtest placing him in the 6 percentile when compared to his chronological peers.

Sound errors noted in the standardized testing were analyzed for error patterns. Noted patterns are listed below.

Final Consonant Deletion (do for dog)
Syllable Reduction (elfent for elephant)
Cluster Reduction (nake for snake)
Stopping (pish for fish)
Velar Fronting (tup for cup)
Gliding (wook for look)

Intelligibility of Conversational Speech: Fairly intelligible (there are several instances where the student is not understood)

Based on these assessments Carter's articulation/phonology is not considered to be within normal limits.

Language

Informal Assessment: Carter was able to understand and follow directions, use a variety of vocabulary and put words together to form sentences. He was observed to be using him for he and was not observed using +ing at this time.

Based on these assessments, Carter's language is considered to be within normal limits.

Effect on Educational Performance

Based on data collected, the suspected disability does adversely affect educational performance.

Diagnostic Impressions

Carter does meet state standards for the following impairments: Articulation Impairment


So the plan is for Carter to attend a 3o minute solo session with the speech teacher once a week. Also, a special education teacher will come to his PDO class once a week for 45 minutes and interact with him and the other students. She was also at the meeting and said she'd be helping the other kids understand what he's saying and the kids usually never even realize who she's actual there to help. Random, but she was roommates with one of Carter's teachers at UT!

Carter will be doing his speech therapy on Mondays at noon. There were only a couple of times available this late in the school year but I think this time will work out well because it still allows us to hang out with our friends after gymnastics on Monday for a few hours and leaves us free on Wednesdays and Fridays for playdates.