FOR REFERRAL PARTNERS

For referral questions that require more than another standardized evaluation.

For referral questions that require more than another standardized evaluation.

For referral questions that require more than another standardized evaluation.

Bay Area Speech Group partners with psychologists, physicians, schools, attorneys, and allied professionals when a communication profile remains difficult to explain. Each evaluation is built around the referral question, integrating standardized measures, clinical observation, and functional communication analysis.

Bay Area Speech Group partners with psychologists, physicians, schools, attorneys, and allied professionals when a communication profile remains difficult to explain. Each evaluation is built around the referral question, integrating standardized measures, clinical observation, and functional communication analysis.

Bay Area Speech Group partners with psychologists, physicians, schools, attorneys, and allied professionals when a communication profile remains difficult to explain. Each evaluation is built around the referral question, integrating standardized measures, clinical observation, and functional communication analysis.

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WHY PROFESSIONALS REFER

When the referral question extends beyond isolated test scores.

When the referral question extends beyond isolated test scores.

Discrepancies require explanation

Scores, observations, and daily functioning point in different directions.

The profile crosses disciplines

Communication may intersect with attention, regulation, language, executive function, and social participation.

Previous evaluations identified pieces

Prior assessments describe parts of the profile, but the central question remains unresolved.

The report guides next steps

Findings inform care, collaboration, planning, and the need for further assessment.

Appropriate referral situations

Appropriate referral situations

✓ Prior evaluations left key questions unresolved
✓ Daily functioning differs from standardized scores
✓ High-masking communication profiles
✓ Overlap among language, executive function, ADHD, autism, anxiety, or social communication
✓ Demand-sensitive or context-dependent communication
✓ Transition planning
✓ Differential referral questions

✓ Prior evaluations left key questions unresolved
✓ Daily functioning differs from standardized scores
✓ High-masking communication profiles
✓ Overlap among language, executive function, ADHD, autism, anxiety, or social communication
✓ Demand-sensitive or context-dependent communication
✓ Transition planning
✓ Differential referral questions

What professionals receive

• Comprehensive clinical report
• Functional communication analysis
• Integrated communication profile
• Practical recommendations
• Collaboration guidance
• Referral guidance when additional evaluation is indicated

• Comprehensive clinical report
• Functional communication analysis
• Integrated communication profile
• Practical recommendations
• Collaboration guidance
• Referral guidance when additional evaluation is indicated

COLLABORATIVE, NOT DUPLICATIVE

Designed to clarify communication—not replace the rest of the team.

Designed to clarify communication—not replace the rest of the team.

The evaluation is framed to sit alongside psychological, medical, educational, occupational therapy, and school-based information—not to duplicate it. When indicated, findings clarify where additional consultation or diagnostic assessment may be useful.

Referral partners often use BASG when they need:

• Speech-language formulation for a complex profile • Explanation of context-dependent performance • Synthesis across prior findings and daily functioning • Recommendations that support school, home, and treatment planning

COLLABORATION

Designed to complement multidisciplinary care.

Designed to complement multidisciplinary care.

Bay Area Speech Group works alongside psychologists, physicians, occupational therapists, educational therapists, schools, attorneys, and allied professionals. The evaluation remains within speech-language pathology while identifying where another discipline may help complete the picture.

QUESTIONS THIS EVALUATION CAN HELP ANSWER

Clarifying what remains unanswered after previous evaluation.

Clarifying what remains unanswered after previous evaluation.

Why do standardized scores and everyday functioning differ?

Why does communication change across settings?

What communication demands increase cognitive load?

What role does masking play?

Which findings fall within speech-language pathology?

When is additional diagnostic collaboration appropriate?

ORGANIZED AROUND REFERRAL QUESTIONS

When the referral question requires more than standardized scores.

When the referral question requires more than standardized scores.

Why does communication access vary so much by setting?

For students who appear verbally capable in one context and inaccessible, avoidant, dysregulated, or depleted in another.

What is being missed when testing looks average?

For profiles where average scores do not explain breakdowns, masking, cognitive load, or participation patterns.

How do overlapping diagnoses affect communication?

For cases involving ADHD, autism, anxiety, language, demand sensitivity, regulation, or complex developmental history.

What information would help the team plan next steps?

For teams needing a clinical formulation to guide school planning, treatment coordination, or further evaluation.

WHEN TO REFER

Common referral questions

Common referral questions

01

Why don’t standardized scores match everyday functioning?

02

Why does communication vary so much across settings?

03

What explains the discrepancy between observed performance and reported concerns?

04

Would another speech-language evaluation meaningfully clarify the clinical picture?

REFERRAL QUESTIONS

Not sure whether this evaluation is the right next step?

Not sure whether this evaluation is the right next step?

I’m happy to discuss whether a comprehensive speech-language evaluation is the appropriate next step—or whether another referral pathway may better answer the clinical question.

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