S&L Assessment

[sugaplumfurry]

Hi, A while back I posted about Dd 4.7 being discharged from SALT but I had some doubts.

Anywho Dd had her assessment recently, thank you to the therapist finally listening to my concerns. Dd was within the average age for most of the tests (although quite scattered), Sentence recall was way way below average.

When she did the similarities test she was way above average, but while giving answers as to why the pictures went together she answered like this which pulled her score down.

SALT:Weeplum which pictures go together?
Dd: Hand and foot
SALT:Very good, why do they go together?
Dd: Because when you are in the bath you use your hand to wash your foot (although not quite that clear)

SALT looked confused and commented that in a way Dd was right.

Outcome assessment confirmed my concerns and there are issues with Dd's memory but this would not be seen as a speech and language issue although the therapist said she will help the best she can with a program for memory exercise games. She will send a report to the school with suggestions.

I am starting to see Dd's educational future as a re-run off Ds's (AS) which has been an uphill struggle and I really need someone to reassure me or put another spin on this please

What test was done?

Sentence recall is often nothing to do with memory (well it is, but it is to do with 'meaningful memory' which means it wasn't retained because it wasn't linked up with meaning which is a social communication disorder rather than a memory one iyswim).

Of course, it COULD also be a memory issue.

But, just imagine you had to recall a few sentences in English, and then you had to recall a few sentences in Japanese. Presumably you'd do much better with recalling the English sentences.

Now imagine you were ONLY tested on the Japanese sentences, and your score was rated alongside a friend who had the same test with English sentences. It could well be claimed that your memory was far behind your friends.

Hi Starlight thanks for the reply. I'm pretty sure it was the CELF the same as what was done for Ds (I don't have his report to hand) but a version for her age.

I see what you mean about the sentence recall.

I agree with Star, the issue around memory would have to be proven by removing language load, e.g. recall of strings of numbers. It may be that there are issues of semantics/language processing/pragmatics (pragmatics being the context if language where your dd may not consider that there may be a more obvious or 'more commonly understood' connection between hands and feet.