Quick Interactive Language Screener™ (QUILS™)
Quick Interactive Language Screener™ (QUILS™)
Description
Early identification is the first step to helping young children with language delays improve their skills—proficiencies that are so important to later reading success. But how do you find the children who might need help? It‘s simple with the Quick Interactive Language Screener™ (QUILS™), a one-of-a-kind tool that helps you evaluate whether children are making language progress appropriate for their age group.
Administered during the regular day, typically one child at a time in a quiet area of the classroom, the QUILS is a helpful addition to kindergarten entry assessments (KEAs) and an ideal tool for use in individual classrooms or centers. The format ensures standardized delivery for each child, while automatically generated scores save time for busy teachers—providing cut scores by age level, standard scores, percentile ranks, and reports to share with colleagues and families.
QUILS screens 3 key areas of language development:
- Vocabulary: This area looks at word knowledge.
- Syntax: This area looks at how words go together in sentences.
- Process: This area looks at skill in learning new words and grammar structures.
$139.95 Annual Subscription
Your annual QUILS subscription gives you access to a website that includes the screener; an online User’s Manual and Quick Start Guide; student, parent, and group reports; and activities and tips that support language development.
Once your purchase has been processed, you will receive your QUILS login information within 12 business hours via email.
QUILS at a glance
- What is the age range? Ages 3 through 6 years
- In what settings is it used? Early childhood settings: public and private preschools, Head Start, child care programs
- Who completes it? The child, with minimal supervision from a teacher, paraprofessional, classroom aide, parent, or other classroom volunteer
- How is it administered? On any tablet, laptop, or desktop with touchscreen technology and Internet access
- Who uses the results? Early childhood educators and administrators, reading specialists, literacy coaches, speech-language pathologists, psychologists
- How long does the screener take? Approximately 15–20 minutes
- What is the number of items on the screener? 48 items
- What is the research base? Psychometric studies have established the reliability and validity for QUILS and ensured that all items are culturally neutral
Reviews
Brenda Giourmetakis, Supervisor of Inclusive Learning at Edmonton Public Schools - January 5, 2018
“ Wow! What an excellent resource for general education teachers. This book is a comprehensive guide to what inclusion is and how to ensure you can create an inclusive classroom for all students.”
Lesley Quinn, Communicare, LLC - June 7, 2017
“Groundbreaking...a dynamic measure that can show relationships and sequences over time in a way static pictures cannot. And the illustrations are great (most inclusive and racially diverse I've seen).”
Melissa Scopio, Clinical Supervisor, University of Delaware Speech Language Hearing Clinic - March 31, 2017
"[QUILS] is like no other screening for the early childhood population. The results provide information on vocabulary, syntax, and processing and provide exact areas for improvement."
Caroline Louchart, Speech/Language Pathologist, Shiawassee Regional Educational Service District - March 31, 2017
"A quick and easy way to look at a child's understanding of many common language concepts."
Elizabeth Carlson, Speech Language Pathologist - March 31, 2017
"I love the parent reports, comparative reports, and the touch screen idea for functional use."
Elizabeth Lucas, Speech Language Pathologist, ASHA Board Certified - Child Language, Appoquinimink School District - March 31, 2017
"The key benefit of the QUILS is that it provides a screening opportunity that includes vocabulary, sentence structure, and processing. Early intervention is critical to academic success as well as literacy development. Many children are overlooked for speech referrals because they have strong syntax or vocabulary. The importance of language processing is not overlooked in this screening."
Sara Lewandowski, School Psychologist and MTSS Coach/Systems Mentor - March 31, 2017
"Allows our professionals to quickly, efficiently, and consistently identify the language needs of our preschool population and connect educators and families to resources."
Erica Tipton, Executive Director, Child Development Center - March 31, 2017
"Intervention activities help educators address areas of concern, while reports provide parents with a concrete understanding of where their child falls within the range of typical development."
Authors: Roberta Michnick Golinkoff Ph.D., Jill De Villiers Ph.D., Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Ph.D., Aquiles Iglesias Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Mary Sweig Wilson Ph.D., CCC-SLP
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