SLHS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Standard Score, Task Analysis, Language Processing In The Brain
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Systematic process of gathering info about an individual"s background, history, skills, knowledge, perception, and feeling. To identify in a particular area of communication that a person has or lacks. To guide the design of intervention to enhance a person"s skill in a particular area of communication. Monitor a person"s communicative growth and performance. To qualify a person for special services. Use of test or task to conduct a quick check of an individual"s performance in a particular area. The process by which the involvement of speech, language, and hearing professionals is formally requested. Normative sample: the person taking the test needs to fall within the population of people who normed the test. Standard score: index that allows you to compare the patient"s score to the normative sample. Test of mastery (drivers test or sat) Requires a clearly stated standard of performance. Require a method for reliably documenting an individual"s performance.