Assessment and Basic Terminology Flashcards
Exploratory Play
0-10 months
Child looks at toys, mouths objects, and shakes objects
- 0-3 months = visual interest
- 4-5 months = bang and shake objects
- 6 months = object exploration (sits up)
*child is exploring voice during this time
Cause and effect
8-10 months
Understanding that if I do something, something else will happen
ex: shaking the rattle makes noise
- crawl
Relational Play
8/10 - 12 months
Determining how objects relate to one another
ex: put things in container and take them out
Single Functional Play Schemes
12-18 months
Throw a ball, push a car, drink from a cup
Is the child using the object the way its intended to?
- first word / single word - single play scheme
Combination Play Schemes
18-24 months
Putting 2 simple play schemes together
ex: stacking blocks and knocking them down
- 2 word utterances = 2 play schemes
Constructive Play
24 months
Building - using materials to make other objects
ex: building a tower with blocks
Symbolic Play
18/24 - 30 months
Using an object as a symbol for something else
ex: using banana as cellphone
- emblem gestures
Miniature Toy Play
30 months
Playing with little people
- all word classes / able to engage with play
Dramatic Play
3-5 years old
Elaborates story telling, plans out pretend situations
(connects with cooperative play)
ex: dress up
- vary sentence type / increased MLU
Games with Rules
5 years old
Child can play a game that includes rules
- sequencing / play appropriately
Solitary Play
Before age 2, children play on their own
Onlooker Play
No specific age, can occur anytime
Children watch other play
May ask questions but do not attempt / don’t know how to join
Parallel Play
Develops around 2-3 years old
Children play side by side but do not interact
Pay attention to each other and engage in the same activity
Associative Play
3.5 - 4.5 years old
Children are interested in people but NOT playing together
Cooperative Play
4-5 years old
Children share ideas and toys, follow established rules
Interested in people AND the activity
- goes with dramatic/pretend play
INREAL Techniques
- Child led, use an evaluation session (dynamic assessment)
- Valuable to establish rapport with the child and build language
S.O.U.L
Silence, observation, understanding, listening
- Child-centered / based
- Don’t talk just watch / understand what the child is interested in
- Give the child time to process and formulate ideas to play
Mirroring
Mirroring what the child does to validate them (non-verbal behavior)
VMR
Imitating child’s verbal behavior (gives them confidence)
Self-Talk
Talking about what you are doing through play
Parallel - Talk
Talk about what the child is doing through play
Expansion
Take what the child says and build on it
Modeling
Not saying what the child is saying
ex: child “car” me “red! fast!”
How are language and play related
- Both share cognitive principles
- Play supports development of child’s cognitive skills such as: memory, problem solving, play performance
What information do we need to look at to determine if an assessment is appropriate for our client?
Case history, child’s level of attention, frustration tolerance, age range that it is normed on, and presenting concerns
Standard score
Mean = 100
SD = 15
SD below the mean = 85
Scaled score
Mean = 10
SD = 3
SD below the mean = 7
Primary Language Impairment
- Language is the root of the cause
- Does not arise from an underlying condition
Secondary Language Impairment
- Attributed to another condition (ASD, DS, etc.)
- diagnosis came first … language impairment is second
Dynamic Assessment
NOT a standard or norm-referenced measure
(test-teach-retest, informal language sample, stimulability)
Language Delay
Development is typical in all areas except language (cut off - 3 years)
Language Deviance
Language development is not just slower than typical development, but also different from the trajectory we’d expect (very slow in development)
Language Difference
Rule-governed language (dialect) that deviates from the standard language used by mainstream culture
When do you want to complete a dynamic assessment?
During initial eval and after formal testing because that is when you are coming up with trial treatment
Components of a formal assessment
- Test
- Subtest
- Index
How to pick an objective
start with case history, look at language sample, formal assessments, take all components of assessment into account to make objectives
Long-term goals
End goal of treatment, do not need to be measurable
Short-term goals
Have to be SMART, measurable, achievable, realistic, time bound
what is a session objective?
- what you are doing in a specific session
- can not be broken down any more
- the most basic skill that you want the child to perform to meet the short term goal
- needs to be SMART
Language sample
- Assesses use of functional language skills for communication
- Can be formal or informal when observing for play
- Helpful to determine MLU
- limitations: time consuming
SMART goal
- who
- will do what
- under what conditions
- how well
- over what time