Question | Answer |
what are 2 ways to approach DLD's (developmental language disorders) | 1. naturalist approach
2. normative approach |
what happens before the "assessment begins?
2 | 1. The file/background has been viewed
2. the case history has been taken |
what are 4 reasons to assess? | 1. screening
2. set a baseline of function
3. set goals for treatment
4. measure treatment effectiveness |
what is crucial when trying to establish baseline function? 1 + 3 | One must examine all areas of communicative function.
Also must assess abilities to use language,
1. hearing
2. cognition
3. oral-motor skills |
what is important about context when establishing baseline function? | it is important to examine how the child uses language in a variety of settings so that the assessment establishes a true value, not just a lab value. |
what is important about setting goals and assessment? | using assessment to establish goals is very important, in addition to the needs and desires of the child will help. if expressive language is found to be sub-par but the child really has more of a problem with pragmatics then slp might focus on prags |
what are two reasons that measuring change is important to assessment? | 1. it will tell you if the goals of the program have been met.
2. it will help with dismissal. |
what are 3 questions that could help determine if a client is ready to be discharged from therapy? | 1. is more change needed?
2. is more change possible?
3. can more change be achieved without costs that outweigh its benefit. |
what do we assess when assessing collateral areas? | 1. hearing MOST IMPORTANT EVER
2. oral motor assessment
3. nonverbal cognition
4. social functioning |
what are 7 ways we can assess language function? | 1. standardized tests
2. developmental scales
3. interviews and questionairres
4. nonstandardized or criterion-referenced procedures
5. behavioral observations
6. curriculum-based
7. dynamic based assessment |
what are some features of standardized tests? | formal de-contextualized format |
what are the 8 properties of standardized tests? | 1. clear administration and scoring criteria
2. validity
3. reliability
4. diagnostic accuracy
5. standardized
6. measure of central tendency and variability
7. standard measure of error
8. norm-referenced score
7. |
what is validity | the extent to which it measures what it says it is going to measure |
what is reliability? | an instrument is reliable if its measurements are consistent and accurate, or near to the true values |
what is diagnostic accuracy often referred to as? | evidence based assessment practice |
what are some features of interviews and questionnaires? | there are many standardized interview or questionnaire instruments and they add another level of the function of the child beyond what we see in a clinic assessment |