Principles Of Assessment Flashcards
Name 5 formal evaluations
Standardized artic/phonology test Conversational sample Oral peripheral exam Hearing screen Parent, child, and teacher input forms
What is the diagnostic process (6)?
- Conducting an assessment
- Scoring the test that were administered
- Analyzing the test
- Synthesizing and interpreting the results of the test
- Making clinical decision regarding the presence/a sense of articulation or phonological disorder
- Making recommendations
What is a screening?
It is done before formal testing.
Normally a pass or fail procedure
Can be assess large numbers of people in short time
Who gets screened?
Preschool children
School age students
Children/adult/geriatrics
Advantages (5) and disadvantage of formal screenings
Advantages:
- Quick
- Simple to administer
- Protocol and criteria provided
- Most materials are provided
- Normed
Disadvantages:
Sometimes too inflexible
Advantages (3) and disadvantages (3) of an informal screening
Advantages:
- Set own criteria
- Tail to meet specific needs
- Use natural materials
Disadvantages:
- You make your own
- Lack consistency
- Takes more experience to be able to screen well
What is the communication screen
Different test for ages 3, 4, and 5
It test: expressive language, articulation, memory, vocabulary, intelligibility, fluency
How do you do conversational articulation testing for preschool age?
Conversation during play
Child retells a story
Explain what you do for conversation during play (conversational articulation test)
Use toys to elicit a wide variety of sounds, and engage the child in conversation.
What is stimulability testing?
Testing to see the child’s tendency to make corrections to misarticulated sounds when given a model or addiction all stimulation by the examiner.
What is contextual testing?
A special procedure that can help identify a facilitative phonetic context for correct production of a particular phoneme
What is facilitative phonetic context
A surrounding sound or group of sounds that has a positive influence on the production of a mist articulated phoneme.
What are conversation articulation testing methods for school age?
Conversation sample
Retell stories
What are adult conversation methods for conversational articulation testing?
Conversation sample
Readings
Why do we test intelligibility?
To determine any articulation problems
To feel for other factors affecting intelligibility such as rate, inflection, pragmatic
