pediatric speech: module 4 Flashcards
3 questions a speech evaluation will answer
- Does and communication problem exist, and if so, what is the nature?
- Does the problem warrant treatment?
- What should treatment focus on?
5 steps to a speech evaluation
Referral, history, present development, clinical decisions, implementation
A screening is conducted whenever a speech sound disorder is _________ or as part of a comprehensive _______ ________ ________ evaluation for a child with communication concerns
suspected, speech and language
Purpose: identify individuals who require further speech-language assessment and/or referral for other professional services
screening
screenings do not take into account…
cultural and linguistic speech differences
The first component of a screening: Screening of individual speech sounds in ________ words and in _______ ________ (using formal and or informal screening measures)
single words, connected speech
Second component of a screening: Screening of ________ __________ _________ (strength, range of motion of oral musculature)
oral motor functioning
A screening may include an ________ ________ to asses facial symmetry and identify possible structural bases for speech sound disorders
orofacial examination
A screening includes an informal assessment of __________ comprehension and _________
language, production
What happens after a screening?
recommendations and/or a referral
an assessment is a __________ evaluation of a given _______
comprehensive, domain
an assessment may include ______ and/or ________ language skills
spoken, written
An assessment takes into account cultural and linguistic speech differences across communities including ______ and _______ as well as _________ and ________ variations
accents, dialects, phonemic, allophonic
An assessment will identify and describe ________, comorbid _______, limitations in ___________ _____ ________, and ________ factors
impairments, deficits, activity, and participation, contextual
8 components of an assessment
- Case history
- Oral mechanism examination
- Hearing screening
- Speech sound production assessment
- Stimulability testing
- Severity assessment
- Intelligibility
- Speech perception
8 things that happen after an assessment
- diagnosis
- description
- Recommendations for intervention targets
- Identification
- Diagnosis of a spoken language disorder
- Identification of written language problems
- Referral for multi-tiered systems of support
- Referral to other professionals as needed
4 assessment purposes
description, diagnosis, intervention planning, outcome measurement
3 domains of assessment
- pre-assessment tasks
- face to face assessment
- Post assessment tasks
Assessments are divided by:
- Standardized vs Informal
- Norm Referenced vs Criterion Referenced
- Static vs Dynamic Assessment
- RTI
4 aspects of case history: ________ ________ history, ________ history, _______ history, and _________ history
early communication, medical, social, educational
Case history how
parent/caregiver and/or pediatrician interview
Case history why
to identify risk factors
Oral mech evaluation How
done informally with a form or checklist. No gold standard
oral mech evaluation why
measure the structure, function, and range of motion of articulators. This is crucial for differential diagnosis
Hearing screening how
screen at 1,000, 2,000, and 4,000 Hz 20 db. test twice and if they fail refer to an audiologist
hearing screening why
Make sure they can hear the frequencies necessary for speech production