Guides

Session data, done right.

Short, practical guides to the numbers SLPs collect every day: how to calculate them, how to record them in a busy group, and how to turn them into graphs and progress reports that hold up.

• How to calculate percent accuracy in speech therapyThe formula, how many trials to take, how to score cued responses, and why averaging session percentages gives the wrong number for a progress report.
• Cue levels in speech therapy: a prompt hierarchy for dataWhat independent, minimal, moderate and maximal cues look like for articulation and language goals, and how to record them so the data matches the IEP goal.
• How to take data in group speech therapy sessionsPractical ways to collect trial data for three to six students with different goals at once, on paper or on a Chromebook, without losing the session.
• How to graph IEP goal progress: aim lines and trend linesHow to draw an aim line from baseline to target, add a trend line, mark mastery, and use the graph to decide when to change what you're doing.
• Speech IEP progress report comments: examples and templatesFill-in-the-blank progress report sentences for speech and language goals, with examples for mastered, on track, slow progress and no progress.
• Free printable speech therapy data sheetsBlank 10, 20 and 30-trial data sheets you can print for free, sheets pre-filled with your students' goals, and what a good data sheet includes.
• How to calculate percent syllables stuttered (%SS)The %SS formula with a worked example, what counts as a stuttered syllable, how big a sample to take, and how to count syllables in real time.

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