Diagnostic Evaluations, grades K-12
Daelene King, MS, CCC-SLP, Director
A comprehensive learning evaluation is a good place to start when there are questions or concerns about a student's learning. Our evaluations clarify learning strengths and challenges, and result in recommendations that are practical, highly individualized, and research-supported. When appropriate, language-based learning disorders such as dyslexia are diagnosed.
Our Mission
We equip students to learn more easily and effectively, and those working with them to know how best to help.
Our goal is to build lasting learning confidence by increasing a student's academic learning success.
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Contact Us
If you have questions or are interested in scheduling an evaluation, our clinic coordinator, Bethann Westfall, will be happy to provide you with more information.
Learning & Language Clinic
555 Dayton St., Suite A-4
Edmonds, WA 98020
Evaluation Process
Our evaluations begin by gathering information from parents, teachers and others working with a student. Standardized tests and other assessments are carefully chosen and administered, and differ based each student's situation. Findings and recommendations are shared in person during a follow up appointment, and in a thorough, easy-to-understand written report useful for the next two to three years. Skills from each of the following categories are addressed.
Academic Achievement -- Literacy acquisition, reading, writing, spelling, math and other academic skills.
Spoken Language – Listening comprehension, verbal expression, vocabulary, word retrieval, language formulation and organization.
Information Processing Skills – Auditory and visual processing, short-term vs. long-term memory, phonological processing, processing speed and other abilities that contribute to learning.
Executive Function – Planning, impulse control, mental flexibility, attention regulation, self-monitoring, working memory and more.
Critical Thinking – Cognitive aptitude, problem solving, recognizing part-to-whole relationships, cause and effect, verbal vs. non-verbal reasoning.