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Member
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October 17, 2024
Good information with the graphing- demonstrating clear examples of why we need to test DLL on tests that truly assess more than English.
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Fidelina
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September 24, 2024
The instructor was very knowledgeable and appeared passionate about this topic.
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Michele
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September 15, 2024
I liked the instructor’s way of delivering information. Overall, I found this course to be both interesting and informative.
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Denise
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September 6, 2024
It demonstrated that eligibility does not have to come from standard scores.
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Member
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August 23, 2024
A nice refresher regarding testing DLL
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Lisa
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August 12, 2024
A productive discussion and presentation of the need for using informal and dynamic assessment in addition to standardized assessment to diagnose language disorders, particularly with bilingual children.
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Member
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August 10, 2024
The knowledge of the presenter was excellent
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Sylvia
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July 13, 2024
important information about using the convergence method of assessment for dual-language learners
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Member
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July 9, 2024
Thorough
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Member
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June 26, 2024
Excellent presentation. I'm an English speaking SLP who case manages a caseload of 40+ Bilingual students. I will take this information back to my campus and district!
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Laura
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June 19, 2024
Provided the rationale and many suggestions for how to used multiple pieces of information in assessment when determining the presence of a language disorder.
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Member
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June 18, 2024
Thank you for this contribution to an area of Speech and Language that needs development as we continue to serve more and more multicultural children.The information and resources for further study add a whole new dimension to our knowledge in providing evidence-based services.
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Member
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June 14, 2024
This course was very informative and provided me with more confidence in the area of assessing DDLs.
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Member
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June 5, 2024
The presenter was very knowledgeable, with lots of experience.
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Member
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May 31, 2024
Meets the ASHA requirement
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Julia
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May 9, 2024
It's an area I'm always trying to learn more about, so I knew some of the presented information. There were new ideas that I will share with my team--such as using confidence intervals and percent of grammatical utterances.
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Member
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May 6, 2024
Suggestions for assessment tools for multilingual speakers.
by
Member
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May 5, 2024
It provided new information.
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Member
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April 13, 2024
The presenter did a great job providing clear, concise information to inform clinical decision making. I appreciated that the presenter acknowledge that we all continue to have more questions than answers!
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Lisa
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February 16, 2024
Specifically addressed ELL students with suspected communication disabilities that are Spanish speaking. I work in Asia so my primary ELL population is Japanese, Korean or some other Asian language.
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Member
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February 8, 2024
The instructor was knowledgeable and her style was conducive to learning.
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Member
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January 23, 2024
She utilized a lot of visuals (i.e. graphs) to support her information.
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Denise
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January 8, 2024
Great presentation regarding dual language learner assessment and eligibility. Thank you!
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Amy
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December 30, 2023
This course was great information when considering diagnostic assessments for dual language learners. It affirmed that the formal assessment is not always the deciding factor.
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Lindsey
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December 30, 2023
Very practical information shared to add to evaluation of DLL
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Member
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December 27, 2023
The procedure and tools described to better diagnose language impairment in DLLs was excellent and very exciting. Additionally, I appreciate the emphasis on standard error of measure and confidence intervals as I believe that is often overlooked. I look forward to further information as it is developed - especially for school aged children (7-12 y.o.a.)
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Member
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December 25, 2023
This will be helpful with assessment of my dual language students
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Melyssa
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December 18, 2023
Thank you
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Patricia
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December 6, 2023
The presentation of the Converging Evidence Framework with a graph was helpful. The discussion on the ALDeQ and concerns about test validity as respects to sensitivity and specificity was valuable.
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Member
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December 5, 2023
I liked the presenter's conversational style. She was easy to understand. The information provided gave me a different way of looking at assessing students whose first language is not English.
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Member
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December 3, 2023
Nice overview of dual language learners/assessment strategies.
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Debra
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October 31, 2023
Having started at a new district with significantly more language diversity, I am glad to have taken this course. The convergence evidence framework will be useful in my diagnostic practice.
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Susan
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October 30, 2023
This was a thought-provoking course that widened my perspectives on evaluating Spanish-speaking children.
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Gaylene
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October 10, 2023
Excellent presentation showing the inadequacy of standardized testing with DLLs and the need to examine a lot of other measures of the child's language abilities.
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Jasmine
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September 24, 2023
I enjoyed the practical guidelines to move away from relying solely on standard scores (especially when they're from tests normed on monolingual children!)
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Member
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September 8, 2023
Excellent research updates right from the source
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Member
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September 2, 2023
The pace was very good. the information was concise and well presented.
by
Member
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August 25, 2023
Thorough and detailed explanations
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Member
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August 4, 2023
This is information that I can share with colleagues as we discuss and practice how to improve in over- and under- diagnosing DLLs
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Trinka
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August 3, 2023
Thumbs up!
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Member
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August 1, 2023
Ok topic not enough practical strategy or examples
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Member
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August 1, 2023
I already knew most of this material, but there were good reminders.
by
Member
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July 19, 2023
Great visual representations to support the learning of the concepts discussed.
by
Member
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July 19, 2023
This course provided good information regarding the converging evidence framework in order to make clinical decisions regarding language disorders in dual language learners. I appreciated the information regarding interpreting standardized test scores with caution
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Emily
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July 10, 2023
Information presented clearly and in depth.
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Member
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July 10, 2023
It was informative.
by
Member
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June 30, 2023
clearly presented with useful information
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Member
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June 29, 2023
Good information presented in a clear manner.
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Maria
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June 23, 2023
I had never heard of the ALDeQ assessment for Dual Language Learners. I will definitely use this assessment tool next school year when doing speech-language evaluations for Dual Language Learning students.
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Paula
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June 20, 2023
Great perspective on resources to use with DLLs.
by
Member
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June 20, 2023
this has always been a gray area for me and this information did help.
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Deborah
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June 18, 2023
good review
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Member
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June 14, 2023
Liked learning about the Littles project and convergence evidence framework
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Marcy
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June 9, 2023
Very clear organized, well explained presentation. Very important and relevant!
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Member
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June 9, 2023
I was hoping to get more information on how to actually conduct an evaluation with a dual language learner and more specific steps to do this. My district does not have the BESA so I need more information about other tests, etc that can be used for this type of assessment.
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Carolyn
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June 1, 2023
This course gave some great information about considering holistic assessment to determine if a student is eligible for services.
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Member
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May 29, 2023
I like how the presenter talked about the Alberta Language and Development Questionnaire. This is was the first time I heard about this tool and I am very interested in using it.
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Karen
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May 29, 2023
Great information!
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Kelsey
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May 17, 2023
I appreciate all the practical application and free resources!
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Member
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April 26, 2023
Helpful suggestions for informal assessment measures for second language learnersValid point about how children with language disorders score within normal limits on core language measures because strengths in one area mask weaknesses in another
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Member
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April 26, 2023
The most graphs were a great visual representation of the BESA in English and Spanish. I also had not used the ALDeQ so that explanation was helpful along with the fact that it gives a number.
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Member
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April 23, 2023
The presenter's expertise and current research shared.
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Member
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April 17, 2023
This framework really helps with ensuring more accurate interpretations of testing.
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Sara
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March 30, 2023
The detailed explanation and accompanying visuals of the Converging Evidence Framework were very helpful in emphasizing that, despite what many of us are told or perceive, standardized tests do not offer the end all answer to determining whether a child has or does not have a language disorder.
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Nancy
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March 12, 2023
Much of the information within this course was also presented in EBP Decisions in Child Language Assessment with Fulcher-Rood; however, I did find both valuable.
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Emily
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February 17, 2023
Very good points that I hadn't thought about before.
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Tori
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February 17, 2023
very knowledgeable
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Hali
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February 17, 2023
school based slp, thus very helpful info.
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Kristan
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February 7, 2023
Explanations of multiple evaluation methods to assess dual language learners.
by
Member
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February 6, 2023
Great presentation. Very knowledgeable presenter that shared great information
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Belinda
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January 31, 2023
Graphics were clear and easy to understand. This course is a good place to start when you are in need of information about valid ELL assessment.
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Member
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January 18, 2023
I felt like the material was a little redundant and basic
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Member
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January 18, 2023
I sought this course out in hopes that I would have more solutions to some of the problems I face evaluating bilingual children with regards to standardized testing. This course repeated much of the information I've already learned on my own through my own research or through other courses. If an SLP were newer to this topic then this would be a great course to start with because it does provide a good overview of the difficulties we face with correct identification.
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Member
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January 15, 2023
The course was well organized and easy to follow.
by
Member
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January 11, 2023
The information regarding standardized testing was valuable.
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Enedelia
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January 10, 2023
Great information about standardized assessments
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Linda
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January 6, 2023
The great knowledge and expertise that was shared by the presenter.
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Brandon
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December 29, 2022
Good discussion points.
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Lisa
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December 27, 2022
Gave specific information about different assessment/evaluation tools.
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Twhanna
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December 27, 2022
This course reviewed and explained standardized test features to encourage assessors to determine their level of diagnostic accuracy. A variety of non-standardized measures must also be used to fully examine the dual language learner's (DLL) skills in both languages, because difficulty must be evidenced in both languages. Also, examiners are cautioned against giving too much weight to standardized test scores in determining eligibility for services. These are important considerations.
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Member
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December 26, 2022
The Instructor provided great options in performing assessments using non-standardized testing
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Nancy
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December 26, 2022
Content information
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Member
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December 21, 2022
Explanation of standardized test options with bilinguals
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Mary Anne
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December 15, 2022
Highly topical and well-presented information on clinical decision-making. This needs to be presented to all SLPs!
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Member
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December 5, 2022
I am happy to learn of the ALDeQ and the Percentage of Grammatical Utterances measures as additional tools to assess language disorders.
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LYNDA
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December 5, 2022
How she explained how important it is to test in both languages and to use the formal and informal measures to determine whether a child has a language impairment, and to be aware of sensitivity and specificity of tests that are being used.
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Tariq
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November 25, 2022
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Ashley
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November 8, 2022
Very informative about dual language learners.
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Member
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November 8, 2022
As a school based SLP working with populations that speak Somali, Nepali, and Swahili, this information was not helpful to me. The presenter made great arguments and points about data and bilingual assessment, but it was out of with the needs and obligations of the school based clinician.
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Chelsey
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November 4, 2022
Extremely relevant information, especially for school-based therapists! Take this information to the people who are making decisions about criteria for Special Education qualification in your area. Loved the reference to the LEADERSproject as well. School-age language assessment measures (SLAM) should be incorporated whenever possible in assessment. Our field needs to understand the converging evidence framework.
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Member
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November 1, 2022
the course was not engagning
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Member
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October 25, 2022
The fact that she stressed the need for more research and outreach to our government even. Unfortunately, in the schools the budgets and administrators rule, so it this is EBP that I can take forward to my administrators to make a case for change.
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Member
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October 19, 2022
Reinforced my current practices
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Member
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September 24, 2022
Convergence evidence approach
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Karen
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September 9, 2022
This was a good course, but I would have liked more practical information I can use for the evaluation I am currently giving.
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Member
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September 6, 2022
You could tell that the presenter was very knowledgeable and expressed a need for having to look at dual language learners. Assessing if there is a language impairment is very important and utilizing the appropriate tools.
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Member
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September 2, 2022
Always good to have a review of why multiple sources of data are needed before making any decision.
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Collin
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August 25, 2022
Incredibly important topic
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Diana
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August 25, 2022
The instructor was knowledgeable, interesting, and very informative.
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Member
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August 24, 2022
Great course for beginner DLL SLP provider.
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