Have You Heard?
- It's all in the name: Dynamic assessments are true to their name: fluid, responsive, and focused on the test–teach–retest method.
- Getting to know them: Dynamic assessments seek to identify the skills that an individual possesses as well as their learning potential.
- Roll up your sleeves: Participants and examiners are much more active and involved in a dynamic assessment than in a static assessment.
- Set up for success: Using a Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) teaches an individual to be self-regulated and an active participant in their own learning, ultimately helping them become a more self-directed, independent learner.
- They're a good fit: Dynamic assessments are especially helpful when collecting information about people's communication profiles and needs.
- What to look for: There are two major outcomes to dynamic assessment:
(1) helping to distinguish between a difference and a disorder
(2) getting better information for planning intervention.
- Know the difference: Individuals who make significant changes in short-term MLEs are very likely to have a language difference, but not a language disorder.
- It makes you more effective: By exploring emerging skills through the dynamic assessment process, you can improve your ability to pinpoint intervention goals, and make better plans.
Learn more about dynamic assessment now with our micro course—featuring modules like these:
- What Is Dynamic Assessment?
- Using Mediated Learning Experiences
- Observing Modifiability
- Clinical Decision Making
