Basic sequences

Speechmark is a publisher specialising in speech and language therapy resources. Its catalogue rests on two legs: the ColorCards illustrated card decks, table material for the session, and children's language assessment tests. Logopedicum stocks 22 of its references.

ColorCards: illustrated decks by objective

ColorCards are organised by objective rather than by age, and that is the key to choosing. The cause and effect deck sets out two-step sequences for working on the link between what happens and what follows. The which one does not belong? deck goes at categorisation and reasoning: look at four pictures and say why one is the odd one out. The series covers further objective-led decks in the same format. Because the material is pictorial, the same deck can work vocabulary, description, narrative and executive function, and it scales to the level of the person without swapping materials. That is why it is used just as much in paediatric therapy, in the classroom and in adult rehabilitation.

Children's language assessment tests

On the assessment side, Renfrew's Action Picture Test — first published in 1967 — assesses a child's expressive language from picture plates, and the Bus Story Test focuses on narrative skills: retelling a story and seeing what is retained. These are professional-use tests; the rest of the assessment catalogue is under tests.

Why buy Speechmark at Logopedicum?

This is material for speech and language therapists, special needs teachers and therapists working on oral language and communication. At Logopedicum you buy genuine material from the publisher, with updated stock, invoicing and a discount for registered professionals.