Oslo SPeLL

About us

Up-to-date research is crucial in order to:

• meet the diversity of educational needs
• enhance support services 
• provide research-based recommendations for interventions in the field of special needs education.

Oslo SPeLL provides students with hands-on experience with assessment, intervention, and counseling under supervision. The aim is to educate knowledgable and competent practitioners, who are keeping up with the latest development in research and who are considerate towards the heterogeneity of individuals with special needs.

Book lab-rooms

Reservation of rooms is done via Lab Agenda. Register or login.

The lab has 4 multipurpose rooms and 2 acoustically treated rooms for audiometry, sound recording, and EEG measurement.

NB! The rooms have to be unlocked by the lab's employees. Alternatively, you may apply for electronic access on your employee/student card. Send an email to the lab with information about why, where, when (week-ends? evenings?), and how long (months? years?) you need card access.

Book scientific instruments

Reservation is done via Lab Agenda. Register or login.

• Eye Tracker:

  • The lab has an EyeLink 1000 Plus, which has market-leading precision and accuracy. It can be used stationary in the lab or transported for field studies.
• EEG
  • The lab has two 32-channel actiCHamp Plus EEG amplifiers from Brain Products. These can be combined to a single 64-channel amplifier. The equipment can be used at our lab facilities, or used as portable units for use in the field. Read more here. 

• Biophysical sensors

  • Biophysical sensors require an EEG amplifier to be used. Usage therefore requires the reservation of an amplifier.
  • Temperature sensor for detection of skin temperature change
  • Galvanic skin response (sweat response detection)
  • Blood heart rate sensor (heart rate)
  • 3D acceleration sensor (motion detection)
  • Respiratory belt set (breathing frequency)

Borrow tests, books, and technical equipment

We have a large selection of tests, assessment tools, and observation materials covering many areas (see below). We also have a lot of technical equipment and books. Email us at learning-lab@isp.uio.no, or visit our administration office (room 331) for borrowing.

Assessment tools

• Adaptive behavior

  • Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Vineland-II)

• Aphasia

  • Aker-modellen

  • Aphasia Screening Test (Renata-testen)

  • Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE)

  • Communicative Effectiveness Index (CETI)

  • Haukeland Afasi Screening Test (HAST)

  • Illustrert kommunikasjonsmateriell (IKM)

  • Norsk grunntest for afasi

  • Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language Processing in Aphasia (PALPA)

  • Pyramide- og palmetesten (PYRAT)

  • Setningsprosessering. Newcastle University Undervisningsmateriell for afasirammede (NUMA)

  • Token Test For Children

  • Verb- og setningstesten (VOST)

  • Visuell analog selvaktelsesskala (VASAS)

• Articulation/phonology
  • Frenchay dysartritest
  • Metaphone method
  • Minimale par
  • Norsk fonemtest
  • Norsk logopedlags språklydsprøve
• Cognitive/ability tests
  • Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
  • Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised (Leiter-R)
  • Leiter International Performance Scale-3 (Leiter-3)
  • Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM)
  • Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices Pluss Version
  • Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices (CPM)
  • Raven's matricer i digital format (on demand)
  • Test Of Achievement Woodcock-Johnson IV
  • Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R)
  • Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Inteligence (WASI)
  • Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children (WISC-IV)
  • Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children (WISC-V)
    • WISC-V Skåring på Q-Global
    • WISC-V Q-Interactive
  • Wechsler Nonverbal Scale Of Ability (WNV)
  • Wechsler Preschool And Primary Scale Of Intelligence-Revised (WPPSI-R)
  • Wechsler Preschool And Primary Scale Of Intelligence  (WPPSI-III)
  • Wechsler Preschool And Primary Scale Of Intelligence  (WPPSI-IV)
  • Working Memory Test Battery (WMTB-C)
• Development of children
  • Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
  • Ages and Stages Questionare: Socio-Emotional (ASQ:SE)
  • Alle med
  • Bayley Scales Of Infant And Toddler Development (Bayley-III)
  • Mullen Scales Of Early Learning (MSEL)
• Developmental neuropsychology
  • Behavior Rating Inventory Of Executive Function (BRIEF-P)
  • Behavior Rating Inventory Of Executive Function-2 (BRIEF-2)
  • CAT KIT - Cognitive Affective Training
  • Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment (NEPSY-II)
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• Hearing
  • Hørselhemming og bruk av hørselapparat
• Language Development
  • British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS-II)
  • Bus Story Test
  • Children's Communication Checklist (CCC-2)
  • Children's Test of Nonword Repetition (CN Rep)
  • Clinical Evaluation Of Language Fundamentals (CELF-4)
  • Illinois Test Of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA)
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  • MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI)
  • Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-4)
  • Reynell Developmental Language Scale
  • Ringeriksmaterialet
  • Samtale om barnets morsmål
  • Screening av toåringers språk 2 (SATS 2)
  • Språk 4
  • Språk 5-6
  • Språk 6-16
  • Språklig impressive test for barn (NYA SIT)
  • Språkveilederen
  • Tidlig registrering av språkutvikling (TRAS)
  • Test For The Reception Of Grammar (TROG-2)
  • 20 spørsmål om språkferdigheter
• Mathematics
  • Alle teller
  • Comprehensive Mathematical Abilities Test (CMAT)
  • Dynamisk kartleggingsprøve i matematikk for elever fra 1.-5. trinn
  • Dynamisk kartleggingsprøve i matematikk for elever fra 5.-10. trinn og elever i videregående skole
  • MIO. Matematikk-Individet-Omgivelsene
  • MIO. Praktisk matematikk i barnehagen
  • Myhres Kartleggingsprøve i matematikk for grunn- og videregående skole
  • Regnefaktaprøve
  • Strategier, strategiobservasjon og strategiopplæring. Fokus på elever med matematikkvansker
  • Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA-2)
• Motor skills
  • Bruiniks-Oseretsky Test Of Motor Proficiency (BOT-2)
• Quality assessment in the kindergarten
  • ECERS Metoden
  • KIDS
• Reading and writing
  • Aston Index
  • Carlsten lese- og skrivetester
  • Carlsten lesetester
  • Comprehensive Test Of Phonological Processing (CTOPP-2)
  • Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test (GMRP)
  • God leseutvikling - kartlegging og øvelser
  • Grey Oral Reading Tests (GORT-5)
  • IL-Basis
  • Lese- og skriveprøver for studenter på høyskole- og universitetsnivå
  • Logos
  • Kartleggingsprøver på 1., 2., 3., 5., 6., 7., og 9. trinn
  • Lesinger
  • Neale Analysis Of Reading Ability (NARA II)
  • Oral Reading Fluency (ORF)
  • Ordkjedetesten
  • Setningsleseprøven
  • Språk 6-16
  • Standardisert test i avkoding og staving (STAS)
  • Staveprøve
  • Test Of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE)
  • Quality Reading Inventory-6
  • Various resource binders
    • Damms leseunivers
    • Forsterket tilpasset norskopplæring i grunnskolen
    • Innføring i studieteknikk, litterær analyse og skriftlig formulering. For unge og voksne lesere
    • Språksprell. Metodiske språkleker for 4-6 åringer
    • Stavekontroll. Lærebok i automatisering av rettskriving
    • Tuba Luba. Begrepslæring. Norsk & Matematikk
  • Various binders
    • Bokstavkunnskap (ark med bokstaver)
    • Fonembevissthet 1&2 (perm med bilder)
    • Morfembevissthet 1&2 (perm med bilder)
    • Rask automatisert benevning (Ran) 1&2 (perm med bokstaver, tall, bilder)
• Sosioemotional difficulties
  • Achenbach System Of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)
  • Beck Youth Inventories (BYI-II)
  • Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales
  • Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales For Children and Adolescents
  • Elevens selvrapport
  • Pals
  • Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS)
  • Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
• Speech-, chewing- and swallowing difficulties
  • Nordisk Orofacial Screening Test (NOT-2)
• Stuttering
  • Overall Assessment Of The Speaker's Experience Of Stuttering (OASES)
  • Stuttering Severity Instrument (SSI-4)
• Vision and memory
  • Amsler Chart Manual
  • Benton Visual Retention Test
  • Guy's Colour Vision Test For Young Children
  • Ishihara Fargesynstest
  • Test Of Visual-Motor Skills (TVMS-R)
  • Test Of Visual-Perceptual Skills (TVPS)
  • Vision Test Manual
• Visual and motor skills
  • Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test Of Visual-Motor Integration (BEERY VMI-6)

Intervention programs

• Hearing
  • Auditory-Verbal Therapy
• Language Development
  • Babblarna Activity Package
  • Språk og delaktighet. Kom i gang med Karlstadmodellen

Technical equipment

• Camera
  • Fujifilm Instax mini 70 (Instant Camera)
• Headphones
  • Koss
  • ATA
  • Deltaco with microphone
  • Blaster Blaze with microphone
  • Sennheiser HD 4.20s with microphone
  • Plantronics Blackwire C3225 USB-C with microphone
• Lapel microphone
  • Røde Smartlav+
• Laptop
  • DELL Latitude
  • HP Elitebook
• Lena products
  • DPL
  • Vests
  • Pockets
• Portable audiometers
• Voice recorders
  • Olympus Voice Recorder  WS-853
  • Olympus Voice Recorder DS-9500
  • Olympus AS-9000 Transcription Kit
  • Olympus ME-12 Noise reducing microphone for dictaphone
  • Olympus E-102 Headphones for dictaphone
• Stopwatches
• Tablets/iPads
  • Android Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
  • iPad Air 2
  • iPad 6
• Tablet/iPad holders
• Webkam
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Books

Assessment

Cohen, R.J., Swerdlik, M.E., & Philips, S.M. (1996). Psychological Testing and Assessment. An Introduction to Tests and Measurement. Mayfield Publishing Company

Kaufman, A.S. (1990). Assesseng Adolescent and Adult Intelligence. Allyn and Bacon

Kaufman, A.S. (1994). Intelligent Testing with WISC-III. John Wiley & Sons Inc

Sattler, J.M. (2018). Assessment of Children. Cognitive Foundations and Applications. Sixth edition. Jerome M. Sattler Publisher Inc

Sattler, J.M. (1992). Assessment of Children. Revised and Updated Third Edition. Jerome M. Sattler Publisher Inc

Sattler, J.M. (1992). Assessment of Children. WISC-III and WPPSI-R Supplement. Jerome M. Sattler Publisher Inc

Counseling

Johannessen, E., Kokkersvold, E., & Vedeler, L. (2001). Rådgivning. Tradisjoner, teoretiske perspektiver og praksis. 2. utgave. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag

Research methods

Befring, E. (2007). Forskningsmetode med etikk og statistikk. Det Norske Samlaget Oslo

Brown, T.A. (2015). Confirmatory factor analysis for applied research. The Guilford Press

Cozby, P.C. (1997). Methods in behavioral research. Mayfield Publishing Company

Creswell, J.W. (2009). Research design. Qualitative, Quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage Publications Inc.

Creswell, J.W. (1998). Qualitative inquiry and research design. Choosing among five traditions. Sage Publications, Inc.

Kline, P. (1994). An easy guide to factor analysis. Routledge

Lund, T., Kleven, T.A., Kvernbekk, T., & Christophersen, K.-A. (2002). Innføring i forskningsmetodologi. Unipub forlag og forfatteren

Statistics

Christophersen, K.A. (2009). Databehandling og statistisk analyse med SPSS. 4. utgave. Unipub forlag og forfatteren

Lund, T., & Christophersen, K.-A. (1999). Innføring i statistikk. Universitetsforlaget Oslo

Norris, G., Qureshi, F., Howitt, D., & Cramer, D. (2012). Introduction to statistics with SPSS for social science. Pearson Education Limited

Robinson Kurpius, S.E., & Stafford, M.E. (2006). Testing and measurement. Sage Publications, Inc.

Stuttering

Guitar, B. (2006). Stuttering. An Integrated Approach to Its Nature and Treatment. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Lab activities

• 27th January 2020: Oslo SPeLL held a seminar on eye-tracking, with Anders Lunde and Laoura Ziaka. Slides can be downloaded here.
• 8th January 2020: Oslo SPeLL participated in UiO Research Bazaar 2020 to demonstrate automatic video analysis for recognition of emotional expressions in human faces. Read more here.

Announcements

New:

• Electroencephalography (EEG) has arrived at the lab!

Old:

• Come visit us and see our tests and assessment tools!