Paul Chapter 2 questions

What are the 8 properties of standardized assessment?

1.Clear administration 2.Validity 3.Reliability 4.Diagnostic accuracy 5.Standardization 6.Measures of central tendency and variability 7.Standard error of measurement 8.Norm-referenced scores

What type of responses will you get with a comprehension task?

Contextualized and decontextualized responses. A child may be able to follow a 3-step direction in a classroom (contextualized) but not in the therapy setting (decontextualized).

What is the function of baseline data?

Measure a child's strengths and weaknesses relative to all aspects of communication- hearing, cognition, and oral-motor skills.

What is the standard deviation if a child scores at the 10th percentile?

Only 10% of the normative sample population scored below that child's score. It can be determined that the SD of this child is between 1 and 2 SD's below the mean standard score.

Why are behavioral observations included in an assessment?

Provides clinicians with valuable information that may answer questions pertaining to the child's language disorder. It can also act as a baseline for where treatment should begin.

What is standard deviation on a standardized test?

Represents the average difference from the mean score on the standardized test. On a bell curve, 96% of scores fall within 2 SD's of the mean. Half of these scores are lower than the mean score and half are above the mean score.

What assessments can you use to determine non-verbal cognition?

SLP's informally screen a child using drawing performance, play assessment, or Piagetian tasks. If child is not at age appropriate cognition, we refer out to a psychologist.

How would you assess the different domains of language?

Standardized tests to determine the deficit compared to the age group, Speech sample, interviews & questionnaires, and developmental scales.

What is elicited production?

Tempting the child to say a particular thing by setting up a context in which the target form would be an appropriate remark. i.e. role-play.

What is standardized assessment?

The most formal, decontextualized format for assessing language function.

What is the issue of over interpretation when assessing comprehension?

There needs to be some type of action that is not typical or common in order to determine a child's comprehension level.

Why do we assess oral motor function?

To be sure the spoken language difficulty is not due to physical malformations. SLP's are the only professionals that do an in-depth examination of the oral motor function.

What is the role of assessment in intervention?

To decide if the client has an impairment in language: form, content, and use. It describes a deficit relative to the normal developmental sequence of language acquisition and how it will affect the child socially.

Why do we conduct hearing screenings during each evaluation?

To rule out hearing loss that may be causing the speech/language delay.

What is dynamic assessment?

Used after a formal assessment when there is not enough information about what the patient needs. It's done by choosing an area on the formal assessment the child did poorly on and begin to teach the skill to them.

What is a criterion-referenced assessment?

Used to analyze different communicative behaviors and assess a child's level of functioning, without comparison to their peers. Gives a baseline for clinician to determine the best intervention for the client.