1. Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Kim Birch
Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

2. CASLLS Cottage Acquisition Scales of Language, Listening, and Speech
-Criterion referenced scales based on typical child development of speech, language, and listening skills -Developed by Sunshine Cottage in San Antonio for use with Deaf and hard of hearing students -Five color-coded scales: Pre-Verbal, Pre-Sentence, Simple Sentence, Complex Sentence, and Speech -Tracks behaviors typically seen from 0 months to 8 years of age

3. Developing the Snapshot
5 scales were overwhelming when presented to parents or district representatives
Percentages can be hard to interpret or “visualize”
Understanding the extent of a student’s language delay was difficult when viewing the full set of scales
Developing lesson plans, teacher improvement goals and CASLLS targets for a group or class was overwhelming
There was a need for an “at a glance” explanation for the CASLLS during conferences, ARDs, and other meetings

4. CASLLS Snapshot

5. Student Over Time

6. Student’s Average Delay

7. Student’s Average Progress

8. Class Progress

9. Using the Snapshot
Determine language gap across specific language targets
Share the Snapshot with district representatives and parents
Track progress over time
Determine group or class- wide weaknesses in order to develop target lessons and interventions
Determine student groupings for lessons
Determine typical growth rate for planning ARD goals and objectives

10. CASLLS Monthly Targets: JE

11. Try it out:

12. Results

13. Reflection Survey tinyurl.com/flsaturday