chapter 6 basic unit Flashcards
What is Assessment?
set of procedures that are used to gain a clear description of the speech sound production skills of a child
What is the goal of assessment?
goal is to determine if there is a speech sound disorder
What is Diagnosis and the two steps?
—conclusion you arrive at
1) Determine if the child has a clinically significant problem
2) Describe the characteristics of problem
What are speech screenings?
Screening: pass/fail procedure that can be conducted quickly with a large numbe of individuals in a short period of time
What are screenings for children?
converse, say ABCs, count to 10
What are screenings for adults?
conversation, reading
In schools in California..
- We don’t automatically screen any more
- It is all based on teacher and parent referral
In the schools..
-Put the child on “monitor” status
-I say to a kindergarten teacher, e.g.:
“He is still quite young, so I will re-check him again in January. If he still doesn’t technically qualify for speech, I can re-screen him in first grade.”
Review the Client’s Background:
- Written case history forms
- Information from other professionals
- Conduct interview
- Written case history forms
- What does the family think is the problem?
- speech, lang, developmental history
- Prenatal and birth history
- Medical history (eating problems, ear infections)
- Educational history(did they go to preschool, have they moved to a lot of different schools)
- Social history(childs relations with others, discipline problems, is the child frustrated)
- Information from other professionals
- Written release
- Sometimes you have to ask around verbally
- Conduct an interview
-Information-gathering interview
-Develop rapport
-Orientation: what will happen in assessment
“I understand from his file that…”
We need to ask:
- Do others make fun of the child?
- Older client: are you bothered by this? Impact on your life?
Close the interview
- Recap important points
- Be sure to tell the person that you will share test findings with them
- Thank them for their time
Plan Assessment Session
- select appropriate tests
- prepare bribes!(stickers, toys, games, prizes)
Prepare Testing Area
- clean and clutter free
- not distracting
Assess Related Areas
- hearing
- Orofacial structure
- DDK syllable rate
- speech rate
- Speech intelligibility
- level of stimulability
Screen language
- I usually like to give a receptive vocabulary test(just ask them to point to things)
- This works well if they are unintelligible
Administer Tests
- Get a spontaneous sample
- Use standardized tests—some school districts demand norms
Discuss Findings and Make Recommendations
-share info
Be positive, clear
Write Report
-legal document-attorney
Hearing Screening
- SLPs can screen
- In the schools, nurse usually does this
- Pure tone air conduction thresholds at 20 or 25 dB
- Refer to physician, audiologist if suspect a problem
DIADOCHOKINETIC SYLLABLE RATES
- DDKs refer to the speed and regularity with which a person produces repetitive articulatory movements
- Alternating motion
- Sequential motion
- We are evaluating oral motor coordination
What is alternating motion?
—same syllable /pʌpʌpʌpʌ/
What is sequential motion?
—different syllables /pʌtʌkʌpʌtʌkʌ/
In evaluating oral motor coordination, we are looking for:
Speed(how fast)
Accuracy(do they get the syllables in a row)
Sequencing problems?