Dallas Reading and Language Services
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
-Maya Angelou
Evaluations and Assessment Information
When your child is tested our
main speech language pathologist will assess a
variety of skills. You can help prepare your
child for testing by making sure that he or she has
a good night's rest before and has eaten before
arrival. If your child normally takes
medications please keep him or her on that same
medicine schedule. Our testing for a
particular child may include:Receptive Language understanding, showing language relationships, categorizing and following directions
Expressive Language forms and how your child uses language, including a narrative assessment
Speech assessment for articulation, phonological disorders, motor speech disorders (apraxia, dysarthria) and fluency (stuttering)
Sound/phonological awareness and auditory conceptualization
Sound and letter sequencing
Decoding and Reading Comprehension Skills
Reading efficiency and accuracy
Written Language and Spelling
Hearing screening and referrals if appropriate
Limited Swallowing and oral motor functioning assessment when appropriate
Testing usually takes about an hour for young children, and one to one and a half hours for older children to complete. Once finished the speech language pathologist will write a complete evaluation and meet with parents to discuss results and recommendations. Our main therapist will use knowledge from the testing to determine which program your child would most benefit from. If tutoring or other additional services would benefit your child, your family will receive contacts for those as needed.
The butterfly often forgets it once was a caterpillar.
- Anon, Swedish