Generating Definitions

Why Can’t My Students Give Definitions? For students with language disorders, definitions are tough work.  It’s consistently the weakest subtest for many of my adolescent students on assessments like the CELF-5 and the TOLD (Test of Language Development). ...

Just Say No to Multiple Choice Worksheets

We’ve all been there.  It’s a busy week with IEPs and evaluation/re-evaluations galore.  The paperwork is overflowing, you’re feeling sick, and you reach for the pre-printed worksheet.  Maybe it’s one on context clues or complex sentences or...