Final Exam Test Review Flashcards
ASHA- what does it stand for and what does it provide?
ASHA American Speech Hearing Association
provides the standard so that professional ethics in our field do not differ between providers.
3 Models of Assessment
1) Appraisal and Diagnosis Model
2) Descriptive Developmental Model
3) Systems Model
3 Types of Assessment
1) Norm referenced tests
2) Criterion Referenced Tests
3) Observation Tools
Important personality traits of SLPs
1) a person who enjoys solving problems
2) a person who enjoys talking and listening to people
3) a person who is intuitive and sees what other may not!
ASHA Code of Ethics
a set of ethics for professionals that states right and wrong actions in serving clients in the workplace
Collaboration teams
direct service delivery; educating & supporting other professional’s efforts to enhance patients care
Multidisciplinary teams
each discipline does its own testing and develops its own goals with minimal integration btw disciplines
Interdisciplinary teams
each discipline does their own testing but findings are shared with the team. Ideas are taken from each discipline to write its own program.
Transdisciplinary teams
team members have ongoing dialogue in which they share info, knowledge & skills, in order to evaluate patients & develop/implement a single integrated service plan
Service Provision Options
Many different age groups: babies, toddlers, young adults, and elderly…
Wide range of ___ in oral mech exams
normal
Referrals
when a client is out of our range of expertise, we send them to someone who is an expert; orthodontists, psychologists/psychiatrists, oral surgeon, audiologists, PT or OT, etc.
Dental Occlusions
Class I Occlusion: normal bite
Class I Malocclusion: overbite
Class II Malocclusion: underbite
Multi, inter, and transdisciplinary models
answer
IFSP- what is it all about?
Individual Family Service Plan-
Baselines
helps us establish the current level of function to serve as a reference point for measuring progress during the course of treatment
Test Validity
does this test measure what it says it is going to measure?
Test Reliability
a test measures the skills it targets with consistency
Diadochokinesis
the method of measuring the rate at which a person can articulate repeated strings of syllables in a 10 second period to assess tongue movement
D-I-A-D-O-C-H-O-K-I-N-E-T-I-C rate
having a patient repeat the syllable “puh” for ten seconds, “tuh” then “kuh” then combine them all to make “puh,tuh,kuh”
Chronological age calculation
Date of Test- Date of Birth= Chronological Age
Remember the rules:
DOT mos
Bell curve, mean/average, confidence interval
Bell curve- normal distribution
Average-the mean; measure of central tendency bc most people will tend to score at about the same level
Confidence interval: the standard error of measurement which allows for a buffer on each side of the test score to make the final results a “range” rather than a number
normative samples
there are 3 things a normative sample must have:
- representative of the population
- adequate in sampling size (100 or more)
- clear on relevance of norms provided
continuum of care
an SLPs role in moving a patient from the most acute/dependent living situation to the most functional/independent living situation
Residual responsibilities of an SLP in the workplace
counseling, bus duty at schools, interventionist?
Test score- what are most helpful?
Percentile rank is the most helpful because it allows us to compare students scores with similar demographics