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Diagnostics-Exam 1 Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- Diagnostic Teaching
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- University Of Illinois - Chicago
Diagnostics-Exam 1 Questions And Answers Latest Update
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Diagnostics-Exam 1 QuestionsAnd Answers Latest Update
ANS✔✔ assesment
A. To determine: Is there a disorder?
B. To compare with norms
C. To share with others ANS✔✔ Why do we complete an evaluation?
-Describe the problem
-Judge severity (mild, moderate, severe, profound)
-Deal with the etiology ( may be unknown, may be due to CVA, hearing loss,
etc)
-Prognostic statement (your prediction of what's going to happen poor,
guarded, excellent, good)
-Make recommendations (direction for treatment, give some information on
frequency and length of sessions, group or individual (may depend on your
work setting)
-Write goals/objectives ANS✔✔ If there is a communication disorder, you
will need to :
-thorough;should incorporate as much relevant info as possible so it is accurate
and you make appropriate recommendations
-uses a variety of modalities;combination of case history info, interview
information, formal and informal testing, client observations
-valid;tests what the intended skills (tests what it says it will test)
,-reliable;should accurately reflect the client's skills and abilities/disabilities,
repeated eval of the same client should give you similar results (provided no
change in the client's status)
-tailored to the individual client;appropriate for client's age, gender, skill level,
ethnocultural background ANS✔✔ For an assessment to have foundational
integrity it needs to adhere to these 5 principles:
Case history
Interview
Evaluate oral-facial mechanism
Sample the client's speech and language abilities (and in case of dysphagia
chewing and swallowing abilities)
Screen hearing
Evaluate assessment information
Share findings ANS✔✔ A typical assessment include:
Psychologist/psychiatrist
OT, PT
Audiologist
Physician
Another SLP ANS✔✔ What are other possible professionals that we could
make referrals to?
-Some have extensive case histories; others do not
-Clients have different communication difficulties, so the focus will depend on
the difficulties the client is experiencing
, -Some cases involve extensive interviewing, others do not
-Some cases require detailed written reports, others do not ANS✔✔ Ways in
which assessments can differ
Privacy/confidentiality
Room consideration
Recording consideration
Stimulus consideration
Time
Seating
Distance
Appearance ANS✔✔ What are some things to consider about the
environment when conducting an assessment?
psychometrics ANS✔✔ measurement of human traits, abilities, and certain
processes
test validity ANS✔✔ a test measures what it claims to measure
reliability ANS✔✔ results are replicable
standardization ANS✔✔ provide standard procedures for the administration
and scoring of the test
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