2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/10/2020 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | The Language Development Scale: New and Improved | Chicago C
The Language Development Scale: New and Improved
The Language Development Scale was developed by the SKI-HI Institute as an assessment tool that was developed to monitor the language development of infants, toddlers and young children who are deaf or hard of hearing and are receiving early intervention services. It was originally designed for EI professionals using the SKI-HI Model of Early Intervention, but it has been used by a variety of programs throughout the US and around the world to monitor child progress and assist early intervention providers in programming services for the child and family. The tool has been proven to be reliable and valid in assessing communication and language skills of young deaf or hard of hearing children regardless of the communication approach they are using. The Language Development Scale has recently been revised so milestones are easier to recognize and appropriate indicators for both ASL and spoken language development are provided. In this presentation the new features of the Language Development Scale will be discussed and participants will have a chance to see what the tool looks like and how it can be used to track the progress of the children they serve. Come and see what’s new and different!
- Participants will gain a basic understanding of the Language Development Scale and how to assess a child’s language skills using the tool.
- Participants will learn what items have been updated and how the new tool differs from the old tool.
- Participants will review assessment types to better understand the value of this tool in their battery of assessments.
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Paula Pittman
(), SKI-HI Institute, paula.pittman@usu.edu;
Paula Pittman has been involved in the education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families for 36 years. She was one of the developers of the original Deaf Mentor Program at the SKI-HI Institute and is the director of outreach for the SKI-HI and Deaf Mentor Programs and serves as a National Trainer for both programs.
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