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We believe that good evaluations identify\u00a0students\u2019 lagging\u00a0skills as well as the\u00a0unique\u00a0strengths that can be leveraged to boost their abilities. We help parents and schools understand how aspects of language influence students\u2019 communication and learning as well as what supports students need\u00a0to\u00a0succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on a student\u2019s\u00a0history as well as\u00a0parent and teacher\u00a0concerns, we\u00a0examine key aspects of\u00a0language and literacy. Our comprehensive\u00a0assessments give us a deep understanding\u00a0of students\u2019 listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of our evaluations are sensitive to the interaction of language, cognition, memory, executive functions, emotions, and other skills that influence communication and learning in and outside of school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Speech-Language Evaluations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Speech-language evaluations assess all aspects of listening and speaking: vocabulary knowledge, word retrieval, listening comprehension, verbal memory, spoken expression, social pragmatics, phonological and phonemic awareness, speech articulation, voice, and fluency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Reading Evaluations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Reading evaluations assess students\u2019 ability to glean information from text: phonological and phonemic awareness, sight word recognition, decoding accuracy, reading fluency, and reading comprehension at the word, sentence, and passage levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Writing Evaluations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Writing evaluations assess students\u2019 ability to express themselves in print: spelling, mechanics, handwriting fluency, sentence structure, narrative, paragraph and\/or essay composition, revising, editing, mastery of the writing process, and self-awareness of their writing strengths and challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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School Program Evaluations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
School observations and program evaluations assist parents and educators with identifying the services, modifications, and accommodations students need for success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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You guys are amazing!!! This report represents the gold standard for writing \u2013 not just for reports of testing and recommendations, but for expository writing of any kind. I don\u2019t know anyone else currently performing evaluations in this field whose work is better expressed.\u201c<\/p>– Attorney Robert Crabtree, principal author of Ch. 766, the law that served as the model for the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":85,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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