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DA Overview and Tools Packet (Bender, 2024)

Dr. Frank Bender has generously made his Dynamic Assessment Overview and Tools accessible for you here. Dr. Bender continues to update this packet and we will continue to provide any revised versions on this edublog. Thank you for your interest in… Continue Reading →

Dynamic Assessment: Why are SLPs Not Using it More?

This presentation stems from a question that Frank Bender and I shared as we explore the use of dynamic assessment (using test-teach-retest) in language evaluations. Why aren’t SLPs using it more? It turns out that the question involves many layers-… Continue Reading →

Professional Learning Communities in Action: Dynamic Assessment

I presented on this topic with one of my amazing graduate students, Tenli Petty, and my esteemed colleague Dr. Frank W. Bender. We’re reporting on an adventure in dynamic assessment we shared with some dedicated SLPs within a professional learning… Continue Reading →

Dynamic Assessment Relative Clauses: Planning Checklist

After finding an abundance of evidence that relative clauses pose difficulties for many students with language disorders, it made sense to think more deeply about what a dynamic assessment around relative clauses might look like. I presented on the topic… Continue Reading →

Vocabulary Outcomes With Third Graders in a Teacher and Speech-Language Pathologist Collaboration

This publication encompasses a year of intense study and dissertation research under Dr. Barbara Ehren. Wow was it rewarding and holy cow, we saw amazing results! The full text is available for free on Google Scholar. Publication Citation Mitchell, M…. Continue Reading →

Demystifying Dynamic Assessment: Decision Tree Tutorial

What a fun project this was with two incredibly talented graduate students, who I am proud to call colleagues now! Thank you to Brittany Halladay and Taylor Whelchel, who courageously tried out vocabulary dynamic assessments and reported back what the… Continue Reading →

Designing Dynamic Assessment for Vocabulary

I love checklists. I use them all the time. When I was thinking about how empower graduate students to design dynamic assessments around language/literacy skills, I decided to compile a checklist. The checklist I developed consists of evidence sources that… Continue Reading →

Effects of Teacher-Student Writing Conferences on Lexical Diversity and Conventions

This was my first ever research study and I am so proud of the collaboration between this teacher and me and for the results we saw in students. This was a single subject study that looked at effects of a… Continue Reading →

AAE Child Speakers with Language/Literacy Disorders: Best Intervention Practices

I had the honor of working with my amazing colleagues, including the late and great Dr. Kenyatta O. Rivers, on this project. Dr. Rivers introduced us doctoral students to his network of incredible researchers, Drs. Hyter and DeJarnette. He also… Continue Reading →

Does a Specific Collaboration Protocol with an SLP and Teacher Yield Better Outcomes for Students?

Do students actually perform better when they receive collaborative services from their teacher and an SLP? This is a big important and complex question to tackle! But my colleagues and I tried. We tried and found some exciting leads here… Continue Reading →

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