Latest Testing

So, Miss Kat has been out of her oral deaf school for 18 months now and we just got the results of her most recent comprehensive speech, language and listening testing. It was done privately because we do not utilize SLP services through the school district. (Miss Kat gets only itinerant teacher of the deaf services to work on pre-teaching academic vocabulary and self-advocacy.) She is working very hard and is doing amazingly well!

• The Listening Test: Adolescent- This test assesses a child's ability to gain information through orally presented language. During this assessment various situations are described to the child and the child is asked to respond to questions about the main idea, details, drawing conclusions, inferences and comprehension about the passage.
• Main Ideas- Scored within the normal range (Miss Kat's highest score)
• Details- Scored within the normal range
• Reasoning- Scored within the normal range
• Vocabulary and Semantics- Scored within the normal range
• Understanding messages- Scored within the normal range

• Test of Auditory Processing Skills-3- This is an assessment of auditory skills necessary for the understanding of spoken language.
• Word Discrimination- Scored within the normal range

• Test of Semantic Skills: Intermediate- This assessment evaluates a child's semantic and vocabulary abilities by asking a variety of questions about a picture scene.
• Identifying Labels- Scored within the normal range
• Identifying Categories- Did NOT score within the normal range (just below)
• Identifying Attributes- Did NOT score within the normal range (Kat's lowest score)
• Identifying Functions- Scored within the normal range
• Identifying Definitions- Scored within the normal range
• Stating Labels- Scored within the normal range
• Stating Categories- Did NOT score within the normal range 
• Stating Attributes- Scored within the normal range
• Stating Functions- Scored within the normal range
• Stating Definitions- Scored within the normal range

• Oral and Written Language Scales: 2- This assesses a child's use and understanding of vocabulary and social language. It includes use of idioms, drawing conclusions and communication in real life settings.
• Language Understanding Section- Scored within the normal range
• Language Usage Section- Did NOT score within the normal range 

• Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation- This test looks at the articulation of specific speech sounds at the single word level.
• Miss Kat made two articulation errors. Since she is older than age 8, that is considered outside the normal range. (No errors are allowed after 8.)