SummaryThe topic of today's reading was interpreting language assessment. In one of the assigned readings, Interpreting Behavioral Language Assessment, emphasized that the purpose of behavioral assessment is to provide the tester with enough information to design an individualized language intervention program for a specific child. Therefore, to establish an effective intervention program for a particular child, the tester must identify the most appropriate starting point for initial training. The tester should examine each skill against the set of skills identified during the assessment. It is usually best to focus on developing a few key language areas at a time, even though the child may have weaknesses in several of the areas examined by the assessment. Additionally, it is important that the tester does not just select the areas with the lowest scores and recommend the start of training in those areas, as it is very important to ensure that the instructor is capable to observe the learner acquiring skills over a relatively short period of time, in order to maintain their motivation to continue their language training activities. Only a few areas are selected for initial intervention, and the focus of intervention will continually change as the student acquires new skills. Finally, the language intervention program develops the child's skills so that he or she can obtain a score of at least five in each of the areas of the assessment. This score of five in a specific area may indicate that a particular skill area does not require as intensive intervention as skills with a lower score. Also, for the second reading, The Benefits of Skinner's Verbal Behavior Analysis for Autistic Children, said in the middle of the article......on the other hand, I like how this approach emphasized a unit of analysis consisting of the relationships among behavior, motivational and discriminant variables, and consequences. As well as how the five children's cases were handled differently based on their scores and behavior. In truth, I think this assessment really addresses each area as well as the problem behavior, which is why it is so effective in helping children improve it. In conclusion, I am convinced of how Skinner's Verbal Behavior Analysis as a basis for assessment and intervention programs in autistic children provides a better technique leading to better outcomes. The relationship between the tester and the child is better and therefore the tester gets to know the child better and to work effectively with the deficit on his linguistic development. Discussion question1.2.