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List of
behaviors that may signal need for assessment and/or treatment:
IN
LISTENING
Has difficulty following
oral directions
Has discrimination difficulty
(e.g., hears Clean your feet for Clean your teeth)
Startles to noise
Echoes previous speech
Likes to hear story only
if it has pictures
IN TALKING
Speech difficult to understand
Drops or jumbles sounds
or words
Uses incorrect grammar
Repeats or prolongs sounds
or words
Vocabulary may be strong,
but struggles to think of words
Jumps from topic to topic
Interrupts
Talks too slowly or fast
Voice pitch is too high,
low, or hoarse
Volume is too loud or
soft
IN READING
Cannot sound out words
Does not understand meaning
of passage
Repeats words or stumbles
on words as reads
Reads slowly
As approaches college,
cannot handle reading load
IN WRITING
Spelling is inaccurate
Punctuation is missing
or misused
Uses incorrect grammar
Ideas are strong but
disorganized
IN MATH
Does not understand math
terms
Cannot calculate word
problems
Cannot carry
Has trouble using operation
symbols
Has trouble recalling
math facts
These
behaviors are considered in relation to age level expectancy.
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