Free printable speech therapy data sheets
A data sheet has one job: letting you mark a response in under a second without looking away from the student. Below are free sheets you can print now, blank or filled in with your own students and goals, plus what a good sheet includes and the main kinds.
Print one now, free
- Blank sheets: open Data sheets, choose 10, 20 or 30 trials, and print. Each sheet has room for five students with two goals each: a box per trial, present, absent and make-up boxes, a "correct ÷ trials = %" line, a cue level line and a cue key. No sign-up. To save a PDF instead, choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialog.
- Pre-filled sheets: add your students and goals to SLP Data, tick the students in today's group, and print. Their names, goals and trial boxes come filled in, with a notes line for each goal.
What a good data sheet includes
- The date, the session length and who was in the group.
- Attendance for each student.
- Each goal in short form, with its target.
- One box per planned trial, so you can see at a glance when you've collected enough.
- A place for the cue level of each trial, or a key of codes.
- A totals line: correct ÷ trials = %.
- A notes line for the activity, the stimuli and anything unusual: a substitute in the room, a fire drill, a student who just got back from being sick.
Kinds of data sheets
| Sheet | Best for | How it's marked |
|---|---|---|
| Trial-by-trial | Articulation and language drill | + or − per box, with an optional cue letter |
| Cue-level | Goals written with a support level | The level circled or written for each trial: I, Min, Mod, Max |
| Frequency tally | Behavior and pragmatic goals | One tally mark per occurrence, plus the session length |
| Interval grid | On-task behavior, engagement | One box per interval (every 15 seconds, say), marked yes or no |
| Probe sheet | Weekly checks on untrained items | A fixed list of words or questions, scored with no feedback |
| Group sheet | Three to six students at once | One row per student, trial boxes across |
For running a group from one sheet, see how to take data in group sessions.
Codes that keep marking fast
+correct,−incorrect,NRno response,SCself-corrected.I,Min,Mod,Maxfor the cue level, or circle a number from 1 to 4. The cue levels guide explains what each level means.- For articulation errors, the SODA codes:
Ssubstitution,Oomission,Ddistortion,Aaddition.
Print the key at the bottom of every sheet, so anyone filling in for you marks it the same way.
From paper to graph
A paper sheet is only half the job. The numbers still have to reach a graph and a progress report. Total each goal at the end of the session (correct ÷ trials), and enter the totals the same day, while you can still read your own handwriting. Then graph the results against the goal's aim line.