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Patricia Hamaguchi, Deborah Ross-Swain
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 which are often included in IEPs and treatment plans but are difficult or impossible to objectively measure with existing tests for the elementary-age population.
The RESCA–E combines standardised tests with informal observation across different settings to give a more complete picture of a child’s communication skills.
The RESCA–E has 14 components, organised into three cores. Subtests can be selectively utilised to target specific skill areas. The three cores, their component subtests, and associated supplemental subtests are:
Three subtests target receptive language at the word, sentence, and narrative levels:
Two supplemental subtests provide more detailed information:
Three subtests target expressive language at the word, sentence, and narrative levels:
Three subtests make up the Social Communication Core. These are supplemented by one optional subtest (Elicited Body Language) and an observational scale to provide information about both a child’s “testable” social-language knowledge and also his or her observed social behaviour in the real world:
The SCI is a 28-item behaviour rating scale that gathers information on how a child interacts with others across settings. It provides a more holistic picture of a child’s social communication skills and can be completed by either parents or professionals.
Data collection was based on a nationally representative sample of 825 children ages 5-0 through 12-11 years. Results of reliability and validity studies are provided in the technical manual.
RESCA–E core subtests can be administered in one hour or less. Scaled scores are provided for subtests; standard scores are provided for cores and the overall score. Discrepancy scores allow comparison of performance across subtests.
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"The items reflect a deep understanding of what matters in the evaluation of children… Each item is intended to measure something substantial and relevant to everyday functioning."
- W. Joel Schneider, PhD read the full review
"I am excited to begin to use this assessment. It is practical and the closest I have seen to a dynamic assessment.
It seems to provide a more complex picture of a child's social communication, understanding expressions of speech, context, tone of voice, and facial expression."
- SLP users
