Week 1

Question 1

What is assessment?

Answer 1

the process of collecting valid and reliable information, then integrating and interpreting it to make a judgement or a decision about something

Question 2

What makes a good assessment?

Answer 2

Thorough
Variety
Reliable
Valid
Tailored

Question 3

What is the assessment process?

Answer 3

Case history
Interview
Orofacial mechanism
All areas assessed
Hearing
Analyze
Share findings

Question 4

What is evaluation?

Answer 4

Refers to one point in time.
Implies that one is comparing the client’s performance to some “typical” or “expected” level.

Question 5

What is the purpose of assessment?

Answer 5

draw a conclusion about an individual’s communicative abilities, and to describe the client’s strengths
and weaknesses (needs).
- assessment is ongoing

Question 6

What is static assessment?

Answer 6

• Provides information about how a client’s
performance compares to a group and/or standard.
• Standardized, norm-referenced assessment
measures like the GFTA-3, CASL-2, WAB-R, ABA-2,
etc. are most common forms of static assessment.

Question 7

What is dynamic assessment?

Answer 7

Provides information about the types of
support that improve client performance
• Standardized or non-standardized
assessment measures that help to identify
prompts/cues that facilitate performance
• Trial therapy tasks

Question 8

What is authentic assessment?

Answer 8

Provides information about how a client
functions in their “natural” environment
(e.g., home, school, daycare, work, etc.)
• Generalization to novel environments

Question 9

What are norm-referenced tests?

Answer 9

Most commercially available tests are norm-referenced
-Standardized
-Compared to a normative group (large representative sample group)
-“How does the client compare to the average”
-Normal distribution – often depicted with bell-shaped curve

Question 10

What are criterion-referenced tests?

Answer 10

May or may not be standardized
- DO NOT compare to a normative group
- Identify WHAT a client can and cannot do
- Compared to predefined criterion/expected level of performance
- Great for use with:
Neurogenic disorders
Fluency disorders
Voice disorders
Can be useful for other disorders too

Question 11

What is authentic assessment?

Answer 11

• Identifies what a client can and cannot do
• Contextualized
• Test environment is more realistic and natural
• Ongoing
• During assessment/diagnostic AND treatment
• Requires more clinical skill/experience/creativity
• Review portfolio/record regularly to review/add/change
• Standardized/Norm-Referenced materials may add to this understanding.

Question 12

What is dynamic assessment?

Answer 12

– a type of Authentic Assessment
- Great for assessing cognitive communication disorders & CLD backgrounds
- Test-teach-retest
- Administer test without prompt/cue
- Teach strategies for the skill. (Mediated Learning Experience)
- Readminister the test item and compare pre- and posttest
- Strategies include cuing, prompting, environmental adjustments,
conversational teaching, etc.

Question 13

What is standardization?

Answer 13

Standard procedures for administration and scoring
- Purpose of the test
- Age (e.g., 2:0-8:11)
- Construction/Development
- Administration/Scoring procedures
- Normative sample group/ statistical information
- Reliability
- Validity
- This information is in the manual

Question 14

What is the basal of a test?

Answer 14

Starting point for testing/scoring
-Typically based on age

Question 15

What is the ceiling of a test?

Answer 15

Ending point for testing/scoring
-Typically based on number of consecutive incorrect responses

Assists with efficiency
Some tests do not have these and SLP administers entire section

Question 16

What is formulaic administration?

Answer 16

-Repetition of stimulus
-Time

Question 17

Accommodations vs. modifications?

Answer 17

Accommodations – minor adjustments to testing situation
- Do NOT compromise standardized procedure
- E.g., large-print version

Modifications
- DO change the standardized administration
- E.g., rewording/simplifying instructions, repetition, skip items, etc.

Question 18

What is HIPAA?

Answer 18

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Affects health care practitioners who transmit information electronically
- Provide client privacy policies
- National standards for electronic health care transactions
- Business associates too (what you use – like Microsoft Teams)

Question 19

What is the ASHA code of ethics for SLPs?

Answer 19

Integrity
Competence
Continued learning
Biases/Prejudices
Best interest of clients

Question 20

What is case history?

Answer 20

Most common starting point
-Completed by client/caregiver and reviewed by clinician prior
-Limited value at times due to:
Terminology on the form
Rushed responses
Difficulty recalling details/information
Elapsed time between onset and evaluation
Life events/circumstances
Cultural differences

Question 21

Intake interviews: Types of questions

Answer 21

Open-Ended:
- cannot be answered with “yes”/”no”, or with a static response.
- phrased as a statement which requires a longer response
- Ex: Please describe your concerns

Closed-Ended:
- provide clients with options from which to choose a response
- Elicit short, direct responses
- Ex: What sounds are difficult?

Question 22

Information available from other professionals?

Answer 22

-SLP, AUD, physicians (various!), dentists, educators, psychologists, nurses, OT/PT, counselors, social workers, etc.
-In collaborating, remain objective.
-Written authorization is required
-Can help with further understanding the issues the client is presenting with