Teaching · Speech & Language

Ask the student. Write down exactly what they say.

Pick the age band, how the questions are given and the topics. The summary writes the questions in wording that fits the age, and keeps the student’s own ratings and answers next to them.

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The student interview

One record per student and interview. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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Teaching · Speech & Language$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with: A printed set of questions in wording for the student’s age, the student’s ratings of six everyday tasks, and their answers in their own words.
Who it is for: Speech-language pathologists interviewing students during an evaluation or at the start of services, from kindergarten through high school.
Format: Browser form used during the interview. Several saved interviews per student; printed with the questions and answers or as a blank form; CSV with one row per interview or the answers table; export and import a file.
Access: $12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Speech & Language toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives: The Speech & Language space in Caveat Teaching.
Support: Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

Drawn for this page. Short questions, picture choices for younger students, and the student’s own words written down.

How to use it

Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the date.
Choose the age band, how the questions are given, and the topics.
Print or read the questions from the summary.
Read each rating aloud and mark the student’s answer.
Write down the student’s answers in their own words.

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What the interview is for

Why ask the student

Students can often say what is hard and what helps more precisely than adults expect. Their view shapes goals they care about, and it shows the team how the difficulty feels from the inside.

Fitting the questions to the age

Younger students answer short, concrete questions about things they know well, often with picture choices. Older students can describe situations and reasons. The same seven topics are written three ways here so the questions fit the student in front of you.

What this is not

It is not a scored self-report scale. The ratings record what the student said on one day, in their words, for the team to weigh with teacher, family and assessment information.

Sources

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Practice Portal: Spoken Language Disorders (assessment: student interview and self-report as part of a comprehensive evaluation).
World Health Organization (2001). International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (activities, participation and personal factors).
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.321(b)(1) (inviting the student to IEP meetings when transition is considered) and 300.304(b) (a variety of assessment tools and strategies).
Merrick, R., and Roulstone, S. (2011). Children’s views of communication and speech-language pathology. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 13(4), 281 to 290.

The example student is made up. The questions are original to this page and are not a published scale. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.