Chapter 6- Evidence Based Practices Flashcards
What three prespectives must a clinician integrate from?
Scientific evidence
Clinical expertise
Client perspective
What does EPB stand for?
Evidence based practice
Out of Scientific evidence Clinical expertise Client perspective Which is the most important?
SCIENCE
Even when using EBP do clincians still make errors?
Yes
Why is research so important in our field?
It increases precision in making accueate diagnosis
EBP provides a safe-guard against what?
“Fringe” therapies
How do fringe therapies become popular?
Testimonials
Who do fringe therapies appeal to?
Families where their child’s disorder has no known cure and progresss of treatment is slow
What is an alternate treatment?
One that falls outside of conventional approaches
What is assessment?
The systematic process of gathering information about an individual’s background, history, skills, knowledgs, perceptions and feelings
What are the four purposes of assessment?
1- Identify skills that the person has/doesn’t have
2- Guide the design of intervention
3- Monitor a person’s communicative growth and performance over time
4- Qualify a person for special services
What is screening?
The use of a test or task to conduct a QUICK check of an individual’s performance in a particular area
What is the scope and sequence of communicative assessment?
1- Screening and referal 2- Design and Administer the assessment 3- Interpret assessment findings 4- Develop an intervention plan 5- Monitor progress and outcomes
What is EHDI?
Newborn hearing screenings done in the neonatal unit of the hospital
What is a referal?
The process by which SLP involvement is formally requested
What happens once an SLP receives a referral?
Decide whether a more comprehensive assessment is warrented
What is a chart review?
Systematic examination of documents prepared to record an individual’s developmental, educational, and medical history
What are the federally required plans that identify specific goals for children and specific strategies for addressing these goals?
IFSP and IEP
What is a unique vehicle for collecting information from individuals, their families, and caregivers, and other professionals who can aid in understanding the nature, history, and extent of the problem?
An interview
What is the process of observing how an individual uses communication for functional purposes in activities in the real world called?
Systematic observation
What is a formal mechanism for gathering information from the client?
Questionnaire or survey
What is an offline assessment?
An assessment task that studies communicative processes after they happen
What is an online examination of performance referring to?
Studying a communicative process as it happens
What are norm-referenced tests used for?
Comparing an individual’s performance in a particular area with that of his/her same age peers
What are criterion-referenced tests used for?
Determining an individual’s level of achievement in a particular area
What three characteristics do all norm-referenced tests share?
1- standardization
2- normative sample
3- standard scores
What are the three purposes of intervention?
1- prevention
2- remediation
3- compensation
What three things should an intervention goal be?
Functional, measurable, and attainable
