Slingerland Screening Procedures - February 2026

Slingerland Screening Procedures

12.5-hour short course                                                                                                        (Includes course materials)

Class Dates (All times Pacific)

• Friday, February 6: 4:00 - 7:00 PM 

• Friday, February 13: 4:00 - 7:00 PM 

• Friday, February 20: 4:00 - 7:00 PM 

• Friday, February 27: 4:00 - 7:00 PM  *Final Project Debrief by Appointment

Slingerland Screening Procedures introduces the procedures for administering and analyzing Forms A, B, C, and D for students.  These screenings, developed by Beth H. Slingerland, help identify students with specific language disabilities.  The sooner these children are identified, the sooner remediation can begin.  The tests also aid in identifying students who will have added benefit from structured multi-sensory instruction, and whose current language difficulties may continue beyond periods of development or maturational lag and become persistent specific language disabilities in later grades. 

Class content includes an overview of the Science of Reading’s role in developing the Slingerland Screenings. Class participants learn through hands-on experience to administer screenings, evaluate student responses, develop clear plans for student support (remediation, intervention, recommendation for further testing), and how to best present that information to educators, administrators, parents/guardians, and the students themselves.

Participants must locate their own student to screen by the start of this class.  

Slingerland Screenings do not provide formal diagnosis of learning disabilities.

Content includes: 

• Compare responses on parent and teacher observation forms to identify student behaviors that indicate the need for Slingerland Screening

• Manage the schedule, environment and sequence of the subtests for a full Slingerland Screening

• Score multiple Slingerland Screening tests and complete three levels of analysis:

  • Page 3 Analysis for initial subtest scores 

  • Subtest Performance Chart and Comparison reports

  • Full, formal report appropriate for debrief with student, parents, and administrator

• Interpret Slingerland Screening results to:

  • identify a student’s modalities of learning strength and weakness 

  • plan remediation and recommend instructional accommodation

  • recommend further, formal testing

INCLUDED  MATERIALS:

Text

• Slingerland Screening: Teacher Test Booklet

Materials

• Specimen Set – Slingerland Screening Forms A, B, & C

• Cards and Charts - Slingerland Screening Form A, B, & C

Digital Resources

• Guides on administering and reporting

• Parent/Guardian Observation Inventory

• Instructor Observation Inventory

• Subtest analysis chart and comparison calculator

• …and more

OPTIONAL MATERIALS: (Available through EPS website)

• Slingerland Screening Form D

• Cards and Charts Form D

12.5 classroom hours. This workshop is approved for 1 graduate level extension credit through University of San Diego.

Instructor: Terrie Springer

Terrie is a Certified Slingerland Instructor of Teachers and began teaching students with a specific language disability in 1987. She has experience teaching elementary students in grades 2 through 5, and junior and senior high language arts using the Slingerland® Approach. She has taught comprehensive and continuing teacher training courses, as well as short courses in California, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana. Currently, Terrie is a member of the Slingerland Faculty Senate.