Prosody Toolkit – It is not what you say. It is how you say it.

A new assessment app designed to help SLPs and their clients evaluate, understand, and address prosody challenges.

Benefits

IDENTIFICATION

Allows for quick and accurate identification of prosody challenges in clients ages 7 to adult

EDUCATION

Equips clinician and client with a shared understanding of prosody that serves as a therapeutic foundation

MEANINGFUL DATA

Provides actionable data for baseline, goal writing, and progress monitoring

STRENGTHS-BASED

Enables a positive, forward-looking approach to future treatment

LEARN & ASSESS

Educates while it assesses

PURPOSE-DRIVEN

Built to be simple to use, easy to understand, and accessible to all

USABILITY

Framed from the ground up using Apple Human Interface Accessibility Guidelines, the Prosody Assessment app stimulus materials feature the voices of people of all ages and genders, real photographs, and big, bright, easy-to-touch response buttons.

SIMPLICITY

Based on NIH-funded research and designed by SLPs, this one-of-a-kind formal assessment of prosody can be administered with 2 iPads in 45 minutes.

PRACTICALITY

Designed to assess 12 different areas of expressive and receptive prosody, the assessment concludes with an in-app results screen denoting areas of strength and challenge. Clinicians are also provided with a pdf report that can be printed or shared with clients, caregivers, and staff as a digital file.

RESOURCES

Prosody can be a little bit intimidating to understand, explain, and address. That’s why we created these free resources to help you get started. Click on an image, share your email address to join our mailing list, and they’re all yours!