PD 23-24

-1st grade student

-Needs prompting to speak, shy

-Receives interventions in Math and Reading

-Slow to process information

-Lower comprehension skills

-Struggling in all academics

-Needs directions repeated

Student 1

-Student is on free and reduced lunch

-Youngest of 4 siblings

-Student is lacking in overall vocabulary exposure

Language:

OWLS

-Listening Comprehension 73

-Expressive Communication 84

-Total Language 77

Student 1

Articulation: within normal limits

Voice: can be quiet, needs prompt to speak up

Fluency: within normal limits

Student 1

Dynamic assessment:

-Student is able to follow directions when broken down and repeated

-Student does best with visuals

-Student can learn vocabulary words when taught

-Given oral presentation of reading materials, student can answer comprehension questions with more than 80% accuracy

-Student can express fact/opinions, make predictions, and express his wants/needs

Poll

Does this student meet eligibility criteria for a Speech and Language Impairment OR require specialized instruction?

• Yes, with a speech/language impairment

• Yes, related to another primary disability (e.g. DD, SLD, OHI)

• Maybe...

• No

Poll

What would you target?

• Receptive language

• Receptive and Expressive Language

• Expressive Language

• Help support accommodations

• N/A

Poll

What services would you recommend?

• Group, 50 minutes weekly

• Group, 25 minutes weekly

• Direct minutes, but something less than 25 minutes weekly

• I would help the team identify appropriate accommodations

• No services recommended

Student 2

-Kindergarten student, age 5 1/2

-Parent and teacher concerns with overall speech and intelligibility

Teacher: 75-80% intelligibility

Parents: 90% intelligibility

-Fastbridge math: low risk

-Fastbridge reading: low risk

-Attended preschool

Student 2

Arizona

-Word Articulation: SS 85, percentile rank 16, severity range mild

-Sentence Articulation: SS 85, percentile rank 16, severity range mild

-Sound errors: initial /sh/, l-blends, initial /r/, r-blends, initial /s/, initial /z/, s-clusters

Student is very stimulable for all sounds given a model

Student 2

Level of phonological impairment

-Standard score 74, percentile rank 4, severity range moderate

Cluster simplification 18% of occurrence

Fronting 17% of occurrence

Stopping 9% of occurrence

Gliding 33% of occurrence

Poll

Does this student meet eligibility criteria for Speech and Language Impairment?

• Yes

• No

• Could go either way

Poll

What services would you recommend?

• group, 50 minutes weekly

• group, 25 minutes weekly

• propose something else

• I would not qualify this student

Student 3

-3rd grade

-Speech and Language Impairment in the area of articulation

-Student has been attending small group articulation therapy for 50 minutes per week and is making good progress.

-Student still demonstrates articulation errors on /r/ and vocalic /r/

Student 3

-Student is in the gifted and talented program
-Student is grade level or above in math and reading
-Student has no spelling errors when writing /r/ or vocalic /r/ words

Poll

What services would you recommend?

• group, 50 minutes weekly

• group, 25 minutes weekly

• direct minutes, but something less than 25 minutes weekly

• I would start looking at dismissal / discharge

Student 4

-3rd grade student with a diagnosis of ADHD

-Cognitive scores and academic achievement scores are in the average range
-Language scores are average (90s)

-Grades are low in Math and Reading (60/70s)

-Difficulty with work completion impacting grades
-Pragmatic concerns such as interrupting, talking with unknown context, limited conversational exchanges, and limited eye contact.

Student 4

-Team considered Autism Spectrum Disorder, but determined the student did not meet eligibility

-Team determined student is eligible under Other Health Impairment due to dx of ADHD

-Proposed services include: Math, Reading, Written Expression and Behavior

Poll

Does this student meet eligibility criteria for a Speech and Language Impairment?

• Yes

• No

• Could go either way

Poll

What services would you recommend?

• Provide direct services related to OHI

• Provide indirect services related to OHI

• Do not place, but aid the team in determining appropriate accommodations based on your testing

Poll

What will you support?

• Behavior

• Written expression

• Help the team propose a goal I can address in the area of pragmatics

• I would not propose services