CADL

Question 1

CADL

Answer 1

Communicative Abilities of Daily Living

Question 2

Normed

Answer 2

Normed on adults with neurogenic disorders

Question 3

Purpose

Answer 3

Structured test of functional communication

functional-linguistic test

Creates “natural contexts” to evaluate how pt’s communicative abilities are affecting their daily lives

Question 4

Set up

Answer 4

Role play scenarios based on daily activities such as going to the grocery store

Props such as pictures or cards to elicit responses

Attempts to asks Q’s and create situations that would naturally occur in the client’s like in order to observe how they respond

Question 5

Number of items

Answer 5

50

Question 6

Areas of assessment

Answer 6

Assess abilities in 7 areas:
1)Reading, writing, using #

2) Social interaction
3) Divergent communication
4) Contextual communication
5) Nonverbal communication
6) Sequential Relationships
7) Humor/metaphor/absurdity

Question 7

Scoring system

Answer 7

3 point scoring system

0-wrong response
1-adequate response (in the ballpark)
2-correct response (gets message across)