Assessment

Standardized, observational, and clinical assessments are used by therapists to assess your child's current level of functioning. Evaluations typically fall between 60-90 minutes in length depending on the type and number of tests that are completed.

• Occupational therapy evaluations use a combination of standardized assessments, clinical observation, and parent report to assess your child's abilities related to sensory processing and central nervous system functioning.
• Speech therapy evaluations use formal evaluation measures to assess receptive and expressive language, articulation, fluency, and pragmatic skills. Feeding skills and voice production may be assessed through clinical observation.

Results and recommendations will be discussed immediately following the evaluation, and a full written report will be mailed to the family within 2 weeks of the evaluation.

Examples of occupational therapy evaluations:

• Sensory Integration Praxis Test (given by a therapist certified in the administration of this complex tool)
• Degangi-Berk Test of Sensory Integration
• Test of Sensory Functions in Infants
• Quick Neurological Screening Test
• Sensorimotor Performance Analysis
• Test of Visual Perceptual Skills
• Beery Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration
• Bruinicks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency
• Functional Daily Living Skills Screening
• Clinical Observations of Neuromuscular Development ( including reflexes, breathing, tone, strength, ROM, ocular-motor, etc.)
• Sensory Integration Inventory for Adults
• Peabody Motor Scale
• Sensory Motor History
• P.E.D.I.
• Sewall Early Education
• Developmental Profile
• Cranio-Sacral 10 step Protocol

Examples of speech-language evaluations:

• Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamental-4 (CELF-4)
• Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4)
• Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Preschool
• Boehm Test of Basic Concepts
• Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale
• Receptive One One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised
• Test of Language Development-Intermediate:3
• Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children
• Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-2
• The Khan-Lewis Phonological Analysis
• The Functional Communication Profile
• Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test

Examples of feeding assessments:

• Beckman Oral-Motor Evaluation
• Oral-Feeding Observations
• M.O.R.E. (assessment of suck-swallow-breathe)

Examples of Social-Play Skills Assessment:

• Knox Play Scale
• Integrated Group Profile
• Behavioral Temperament Scale