Assessment:
The most critical question a parent will ask during tutoring
is, "How will I know that my child is making progress?"
Assessment
before, during, and at the end of therapy is the best answer
I could come up with!
In my private practice
I work with clients on a one-to-one basis. I use a combination of
norm-referenced, valid, reliable tests, as well as
criterion-referenced measures to assess
initial client needs as well as to measure progress over time.
An initial session will include assessment using some or all of the following
tools:
- Phono-Graphix
assessment in the areas of blending, segmenting, phoneme manipulation and code
knowledge
- The Woodcock
Reading Mastery Tests-Revised/Normative Update (WRMT-R/NU)
- The Gray Oral
Reading Test-4th Edition (GORT-4).
The Phono-Graphix and
WRMT-R assessments provide information regarding decoding skills. The WRMT-R
and GORT are valuable for assessing comprehension and fluency.
Based upon the results
of these assessments, I discuss treatment plan options with clients and/or their
parents. Additionally, different forms of these measures can be used to
retest and measure progress when necessary. I
recommend retesting after every 12 hours of therapy.
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