Principles of Pediatric Assessment Flashcards
Assessment is part of the overall treatment process in which settings?
Early intervention
Preschool
Private practice/outpatient
What are the 3 purposes of assessment?
- Identify whether there is an impairment in the form, function or use of the child’s language
- Describe the deficits in language form, content, and use; compare with developmental expectations
- Determine the impact of the deficits on the child’s daily life
The WHO ICF-CY model is used to
Determine the impact of the deficits on the child’s daily life
Take a look at environmental factors and personal factors
What is a naturalist perspective of DLD?
DLD is an impairment or disease is a process within the individual
Associated with a medical model that appraises and diagnoses
What is a normative perspective of DLD?
Look at how the impairment influence the client’s functioning in daily life?
Focused on societal expectations and obstacles
Identify the functional sequelae of the disorder
In practice, do SLPs use the normative or naturalist perspective?
We look at both because we want to look at both the disease and the impact on the client’s life
Where can we assess a client’s communicative function?
In a standard environment, clinic or classroom
In the client’s actual environment, contextualized
How do we assess a client’s communicative function?
Formal testing (standardized test, criterion referenced)
Informal testing (observations, dynamic evals, interviews)
Why do we assess clients?
Screening
Establishing a baseline function
Establishing goals for intervention
Measuring change in intervention
Is assessment ongoing or a one-time event?
Ongoing
In the words to sentences and sentences to stories stages, what is the best type of assessment?
Language sampling
Also used for goal setting and monitoring progress
Thought of as authentic and contextualized
In the sentences to stories stage, what type of assessment is used to determine if a child has a language disorder?
Norm referenced tests that are based on psychometric criteria
Not contextualized
In games to words and words to sentences stages, what must SLPs rely on for authentic assessment?
Parental reports
These are deemed to be contextualized
What is involved in the screening process?
Child is identified by teachers or caregivers as potentially having a language disorder
The screening procedure then depends on the setting
Screenings are typically done for children in
Early intervention
Schools
Early intervention screening is typically done with a ____ team
Multidisciplinary team
Team based assessment with other professionals like OT, PT, school psychologists, teachers, etc
What is the Arizona IFSP? What language in this description relatesto how we are talking about SLPassessment in general?
Individualized family service plan
Functional outcomes, provided in natural environments, built into family’s daily activities and routines
When looking at deviation from the average, we need to choose a reference point. This consists of ….
Age-matched peers
Mental age-matched peers
Language matched peers
Who is part of the multidisciplinary/team based assessment?
Family/Caregivers
Audiologist
ENT
Geneticist
Learning disabilities/literacy specialist
Neurologist
Nutrition specialist
Occupational therapist
Pediatrician
Physical therapist
Psychiatrist
Classroom/Mainstream teacher
Special education teacher
Why are family/caregivers at the top of the multidisciplinary/team-based assessment?
They are the most important team member and the experts on their child
They are also the ones that are going to be doing the teaching at home
What does the beginning of assessment include?
Referral: amount of information can be very limited
Case Review: see what tests were administered before and when, what info is there about the child’s daily life
Observation: try to observe in different contexts if the is possible
What is low structure observation?
Observation that is used to build rapport if the child will engage with you
Depends on the setting: child with caregiver, child with peers or siblings, video recording from caregiver
What is a language or communication sample?
Record of the child’s speech that can be used later
We can also ask the parent to provide a recording if the child can use verbal language but is reluctant