Week 3 Flashcards
According to ASHA, what are the roles of an SLP in the schools?
Prevention - use of knowledge of multiple risk factors (and language bases)
Identification - Screenings to determine risk
Assessment - Evaluating reading and writing and relating them to oral communication, academic achievement, etc.
Intervention - Evidenced-based instruction in areas of reading and writing, including documenting progress
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Only ___% of America’s 8th grade public schools meet standard for reading proficiency for their grade level
29%
____ of the 32.5 million students in 4th - 12th grades read below basic grade-level standards
8 million
How many 8th graders read at an advanced level?
2%
In reading, what do students have difficulty with?
Literal understanding of what is read
Identification of specific aspects of the text that reflect overall meaning
Extension of the ideas in the text (simple inferences)
Drawing conclusions from the text
In writing, 12th grade students have difficulty with?
No sense of audience
General understanding of the writing task
Inclusion of details to support main ideas
Text organization
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
What skills and roles fall Prevention?
Predict kids who need more intensive instruction
Communicate risk factors with others (parents, teachers, admin)
Work in collab with others to provide
- Opportunity for young kids to participate in literacy rich emergent experiences
- Elicit age appropriate language knowledge
Keep longitudinal perspective on data to identify issues in advance
What skills and roles fall Identification?
Collab with teachers and other ed professionals
- Recognize language factors involved in later literacy problems
- Identify assessment tools that are appropriate
- Determine which children need explicit literacy experiences
What skills and roles fall Assessment?
Use formal and informal methods of assessment
Gather data on literacy skills with curriculum-based tasks
Evaluate the oral and literate domains
What skills and roles fall Intervention?
Planning and implementation of evidence based interventions
Planning individualized instruction for students with varied patterns of strengths, needs, and disabilities
Collab with teachers and other professionals
Using technology for learning
Qualities of the language-rich classroom?
Exposure
Recurrence - multiple opportunities to learn
Deliberateness - Intentional in what language is exposed and how
High-quality input
Adult responsiveness - contingent responses that are frequent and consistent
What are two ways the physical space is defined to language-richness?
Literacy-related artifacts that support:
-Understanding that language is abstract and metalinguistic in nature
-Awareness of oral-written connections
-Exposure to familiar and new content, form and use
(dramatic play - pragmatics, library - reading)
Real world props and materials
-represent life outside the classroom through play
-Makes sure different communities are represented
(store, checkbook)
What are classroom experiences that promote rich language development?
Read alouds Word walls and anchor charts In class library Search for language during class activities Word games
