Purpose in Assessment

When to assess language?

Limited r_________/e___________

receptive/expressive

When to assess language?

Slow to learn ___ words

new

When to assess language?

Limited ______ knowledge

concept

When to assess language?

Limited ________ of vocabulary

variety

When to assess language?

J_____? N___________?

jargon, neologisms

When to assess language?

Reliance mainly on ___________ to communicate

gestures

When to assess language?

Difficult following _________, answering _________, and _____________ ideas

directions, questions expressing

When to assess language?

Limited ___________ of communication

initiation

When to assess language?

Missed/delayed language ______________

milestone

When to assess language?

__________ ___________ of language, psychological problems

family history

When to assess language?

Screening: you observe __________ in vocabulary skills when ___________ visiting the child

difficulties, informally

Purpose in assessment

1. Determine if there is a __________

problem

Purpose in assessment - determine if there is a problem

Review all ______ of language (syntax, semantics, pragmatics), just assessing vocabulary does not provide a full _________ of language ___________

aspects, picture, functioning

Purpose in assessment - determine if there is a problem

Be sure to at least informally look at a___________, v_____, f_________

Purpose in assessment

1. Determine if there is a problem

2. Determine ___________ ____________ (what the child can and can't do)

baseline functioning

Purpose in assessment - Determine baseline functioning

Are the skills or lack of _____________ for the child's age?

appropriate

Purpose in assessment

1. Determine if there is a problem

2. Determine baseline functioning

3. Gather __________ to write _____

information, goals

Purpose in assessment

1. Determine if there is a problem

2. Determine baseline functioning

3. Gather information to write goals

4. __________ ___________ (non-standardized) when child has been receiving therapy

Measure progress

Purpose in assessment

1. Determine ___________

2. Determine ___________ ___________

3. Gather ___________ to write ___________

4. _________ progress

problem

baseline functioning

information goals

measure