Are You Testing What You Think You're Testing?

A frequent issue that occurs with children with speech sound disorders, especially childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), is that when we're testing a child's knowledge, we often aren't actually testing only their knowledge, but also their ability to demonstrate this knowledge through speech. This can really muddy the waters and make it difficult to determine what the child knows and what we should be focusing on both in the classroom and in therapy. The issue of what the child actually knows versus what the child can communicate with speech comes up with families, therapists and teachers for our children with speech sound disorders, especially childhood apraxia of speech. Read my full guest post on the Bjorem Speech Blog here.