Summary:

When to Collect Data:

• Every Session:
  • 1:1 kids, private practice kids, infrequent sessions, children who make quick progress, when mandated by employer or payor
  • Take a few moments at the beginning of the session to take data
• Less Often:
  • Take data once per month or once every 2 weeks
  • Allows for more actual therapy
  • Lesson plan once and then continue to do that lesson until the next data collection time
  • Some kids will need minor tweaks throughout the month
  • Groups: take data on one child per session or take data for everyone on a mini testing day once per month where no games are played, just data collected

Where to Collect Data:

• Do a mini testing day on data collection days in the speech room
• Collect data in the classroom on carry-over

How to Collect Data:

• One data collection page per child with all goals on it
• Keep pages in one binder that you keep track of or each child has a sheet in his notebook which he gets out at the beginning of each session
• Mark correct (+), incorrect (o), prompted (p), approximations (a), and anything else you need
• Take the number correct divided by total trials to get percentage
• Or, tally number of occurrences in __ minutes
• Or, take annecdotal notes