Assessment

Question 1

“Assessment is an organized, goal-directed evaluation of the interrelated, integrated components of communication: cognitive, linguistic, and pragmatic.”

Answer 1

“It includes the evaluation of an individuals, communicative interaction within the family or social unit, and role in the larger unit of society.”

Question 2

Purposes of Assessment

Answer 2

Strengths and weaknesses
Determine how these strengths and weaknesses can be fortified/modified.
A comprehensive evaluation is essential!

Question 3

Gather information

Answer 3

Medical chart
Family members/friends
Therapists
Nurses
Patient

Question 4

Collecting History

Answer 4

Personal Data
Etiology: type, date of onset:, diagnosis, lesion location
Previous diseases/related illnesses
Medications
Physical Health Problems
Vision
Hearing

Question 5

Mobility

Answer 5

can they leave/ get out of bed )ask nurse, pt

Question 6

Infections

Answer 6

Read progress notes from physicians, nurses, all disciplines

Written by patient care personnel recording of chronological physical state, behavior and metal status

Question 7

Prepare for a first meeting with a patient, what are the factors you should consider?

Answer 7

Age, gender, education, occupation, pre-morbid intelligence, handedness, personality, emotional state, or Medical condition

Question 8

Source of Information

Answer 8

Patient chart
Family members
Medical team
Informal Testing & Standardized Testing
Informal Measures
Gathering Information-
Interview

Question 9

Standardized test used to assess aphasia

Answer 9

Language production
Language comprehension
Boston Naming Test