LING 1P93 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Late Bloomer, Expressive Language Disorder, Language Disorder
12 Jan 2016
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Synthesis of whole field of knowledge; communication is a function of the entire person. Referrals for children from: parents, day care/school, audiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, gps, community workers. Referrals for adults from: physicians, family, audiologist, ot/pt, hospital. Diagnosis and evaluation are ongoing; a diagnosis often changes so multiple diagnosis might happen. Goals of evaluation: good understanding of diagnosis of problem, assessment period b) begin therapy before arriving at a firm diagnosis. Questionnaire, interview, referral observation formal testing conversational language sampling. Types of assessment: screening -is there a problem or not, standardized assessment norm referenced instruments (where you stand compared to the norm) Performance based assessments (how does someone do something? For example how does a child show you they want a cookie?) Age equivalent- will tell you for example a 6yr old boy skills are at a 3 year old level: informal/functional assessment (assessing play) A prediction of the outcome of a propose course of treatment for a given client.
