The Language of Language Assessments with Erin Forward

Episode 47 of the First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional SLP Insights podcast, hosted by Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, BCS-S, FNAP, titled "The Language of Language Assessments with Erin Forward" was published on May 15, 2019 and runs 66 minutes.

May 15, 2019 ·66m · First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional SLP Insights

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In this episode Michelle is joined once by again by her dynamic First Bite partner the lovely Miss Erin Forward, MSP CF-SLP. Today they jump into the data behind the Language Assessments that we use to evaluate our little ones. Specificity, Sensitivity, Validity, and even ASHA Guidelines on what is “Best Practice for Assessments” and when we should draw our proverbial line in the sand and trash a test are all covered. Be warned, there are a couple of EBP Soapboxes floating around!

Episode Description

In this episode Michelle is joined once by again by her dynamic First Bite partner the lovely Miss Erin Forward, MSP CF-SLP. Today they jump into the data behind the Language Assessments that we use to evaluate our little ones. Specificity, Sensitivity, Validity, and even ASHA Guidelines on what is “Best Practice for Assessments” and when we should draw our proverbial line in the sand and trash a test are all covered. Be warned, there are a couple of EBP Soapboxes floating around!

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