ASSESSMENT OF WORD RETRIEVAL SKILLS- English & Spanish

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Ages 6+ to Adult

PURPOSE

The Assessment of Word Retrieval Skills includes several items that can enhance your screenings and evaluations. It has checklists for parents, teachers, and individuals with suspected word finding/retrieval difficulties that yield a percentage score. This score is meant to be compared over time to monitor progress as part of the dynamic assessment process and help determine a true disorder. This assessment also includes Name the Action/Verbs Screening (Elementary Level), Name the Action/Verbs Screening (Age 13+ to adult), Name the Categories Screening, and Name Things Within Categories Screening.

The purpose of this assessment is to help establish the existence of a word finding/retrieval weakness in all the individual’s settings. This includes the classroom and home environments. Sample scoring sheets and reports are included to help you write your findings.

ADMINISTRATION TIME

Administration time for the checklists may vary depending on the response time of the individual filling it out. The Client Self-Analysis Checklist, for example, may take approximately 5 to 7 minutes to administer. The Name the Action/Verb Screener and Name the Categories Screener each requires approximately 13 minutes to administer.

SCORING

Scoring is simple. View the directions at the top of in each section. Scoring details are at the bottom of each section. This assessment accounts for a few possible errors on the screenings.