Have you ever had a parent or teacher approach you because their child has “processing issues”?

Are you constantly questioning your screening procedures, wondering if you’re either wasting time with unnecessary evaluations…or even worse….missing kids who truly are in need of help?

If so, you’ll want to check out the video below where I walk you through the steps to take to determine if a language evaluation is needed.

This question came from one of my readers, and it’s also one that comes up again and again for SLPs working with school-aged children.

As it turns out, we don’t have a lot of reliable language screening procedures out there. We fear if we use the wrong one, that we’ll make the wrong decision.

But you don’t have to stress anymore. I’ve walked through some tips in this Q & A video that’ll solve that problem. I also give a snapshot of this free guide that’ll give you a checklist of academic information that’ll help you identify which kids do and don’t need a language evaluation.

In the video, you’ll learn:

The two questions you should always ask to when you first get a referral (1:40).
The types of academic information you’ll need to collect from teachers to determine if language could be impacting academic performance (4:01).
Why you should get a sample of a “typically-developing” student’s work samples in addition to the student being referred (6:37).
Why you shouldn’t rely on one formal “language screening” alone when deciding if you should or shouldn’t evaluate (9:00).
Why you don’t always need a “formal screening” as part of your screening procedures (9:40).
Why you should be having conversations with other professionals before you make your final decision (10:44).

You can watch it here:

If you constantly worry that you’re letting kids fall through the cracks because you don’t have a solid language screening tool, download this free Academic Present Levels Guide and I’ll walk you through exactly what information you need to gather from the teachers to make a good decision. You can download the guide below: