10/28 Reporting Assessment Findings Flashcards
What are the three components to the information-giving interviews?
- opening phase
- body of interview
- closing phase
What does the opening phase include?
- purpose
- time
- adequate info obtained
- client’s behavior
What does the body of the interview consist of?
- major findings
- language easy to understand
- emphasize major points
What does the closing phase include?
- summarize major findings, conclusions, recommendations
- comments/questions
- thank for help
- next steps
T/F: Information to use when conveying information can be useful for helping clients/caregivers understand
TRUE
In the Shipley book, there are illustrations of what?
- brain
- ear
- oral cavity
- vocal folds
- vocal tract
- and chart of phonetic symbols
What do you need to include while writing assessment reports?
- Format, style scope. Length and degree of detail varies
- Varies in different settings and with different supervisors
- Can “pick and choose” and develop your own style of writing assessment reports
Name the identifying information
- Name
- Date of birth/age
- School/teacher/grade (if applicable)
- Parents (if applicable)
- Address
- Phone number
- Physician (s)
- Billing party (if appropriate)
- Date of evaluation
What is the overview, background, presenting compliant, or initial status include?
- referral source
- dates/locations of previous evaluations and treatment
- reason for referral
- histories (medical, educational or occupational, speech/language/hearing, psychological/emotional, developmental/motor, familial, social)
What does the assessment information include?
- articulation and phonological processes
- fluency
- language
- voice
- oral peripheral examination
- hearing
- summary
- recommendations
What does the articulation and phonological processes consist of in the assessment information?
- conversational speech
- identification/analysis of errors
- consistency of errors
- patterns of errors
- stimulability of errors
- rate, prosody, intonation, inflection
What does fluency consist of in the assessment information?
- types/frequencies
- associated motor behaviors
- avoidance of sounds/words/situations
- speech rates with/without dysfluencies
- stimulability of fluent speech
What does language consist of in the assessment information?
- receptive language
- expressive language
- pragmatics
- cognition
What does voice consist of in the assessment information?
- quality
- pitch
- resonance
- breath support
- muscular tension
- stimulability of improved voice
What does oral peripheral examination consist of in the assessment information?
- structures and functions
- peripheral areas
