Early Intervention Assessment: Pre-Speech and Language and Beyond

This talk reviews current assessment tools available for determining auditory, speech, and language skills for children under three years of age. It also reviews a criterion-referenced assessment tool that may be used to assess pre-speech and language readiness skills and current speech and language skills in these young children.

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Length: 60 minutes

Cost: Free to View

Course Objectives:

• Participants will be able to list at least three assessment tools that may be used to evaluate pre-speech and language readiness and/or speech and language skills in children under three years of age.
• Participants will be able to identify areas beyond auditory and verbal skills that may be assessed in children under three years of age that will provide insight into the potential to develop listening and spoken language skills.
• Participants will be able to describe how to use a criterion-referenced scale as a frequent monitoring tool.

Course Instructor(s):
MaryKay Therres, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Cochlear Implant Team