Receptive, Expressive and Social Communication Assessment-Elementary
by Patricia Hamaguchi, MA, CCC-SLP, and Deborah Ross-Swain, EdD, CCC-SLP
Benefit
Assesses a child's receptive, expressive, and social communication language skills
Scores
Receptive Core (Vocabulary, Oral Direction, and Stories and Questions); Expressive Core (Labeling of Vocabulary, Describing and Explaining, and Narrative); Social Communication Core (Body Language and Vocal Emotion, Inference, and Situational Language Use
Based on current research and designed for today’s child, the RESCA-E was developed to provide essential information to professionals and parents about a child’s receptive, expressive, and social communication language skills. It targets critical areas of language development that are often included in IEPs and treatment plans but difficult or impossible to objectively measure with existing tests for the elementary-age population.
The RESCA-E combines standardized tests and informal observation across settings to give a more complete picture of a child’s communication skills. It can be used with a variety of children—including those with limited language skills and those who do well academically yet struggle in social situations.
In order to participate in the RESCA-E, the child should be able to reliably point to a requested picture (receptive tasks) and verbalize responses (expressive tasks). Children with possible language or social-pragmatic deficits are excellent candidates for this test.
Based on current research and designed for today’s child, the RESCA-E was developed to provide essential information to professionals and parents about a child’s receptive, expressive, and social communication language skills. It targets critical areas of language development that are often included in IEPs and treatment plans but difficult or impossible to objectively measure with existing tests for the elementary-age population.
The RESCA-E combines standardized tests and informal observation across settings to give a more complete picture of a child’s communication skills. It can be used with a variety of children—including those with limited language skills and those who do well academically yet struggle in social situations.
In order to participate in the RESCA-E, the child should be able to reliably point to a requested picture (receptive tasks) and verbalize responses (expressive tasks). Children with possible language or social-pragmatic deficits are excellent candidates for this test.
