Diagnostic methods test

Another name for diagnostic session 

  • Evaluation

When does diagnostic occur 

  • Before the first time you see the patient for treatment

  • And in an ongoing manner

Three major results necessary at the end of diagnostic report are

  • Diagnosis

  • Recommendations

  • Prognosis

Three distinct planning and application phases of the evaluation phases of the evaluation process

  • Pre, active, post

An evaluation must be through

  • True (you have to report when you are not thorough enough)

In which assessment phase are the assessment results interpreted

  • Post assessment phase

What assessment phase are the results shared in 

  • Post

In what phase is the diagnostic room arranged

  • Pre

Name all the domains that need to be assessed during an evaluation (checkmark)

  • Speech sounds

  • Language

  • Hearing

  • Speaking swallowing

  • Cognitive communication

  • Fluency

  • Voice

Which assessment phases is the case history completed

  • Review during pre assessment

Recommendations must include

  • How long should we see them and how often within that time

Prediction of future communication abilities with intervention is called what in a diagnostic report

  • Prognosis

What are three functions of the case history interview

  • Verify, clarify, expand

Case history is sometimes returned with limited information because

  • Cultural reasons, not primary caregivers filling it out, time

It is accessible to be only knowledgeable about one domain in CSD

  • FALSE

Knowing the expected behaviors of a client at a specific age/developmental stage (matching on test)

  • Knowledge of norm

Knowing what measure to administer and how you administer a variety of assessments

  • Testing techniques

Being able to communicate finding in an understandable manner

  • Relating to the client effectively and empathetically 

Being flexible with planning and administration of assessments

  • Creative intuition

Knowing characteristics of diagnoses for, multiple communication domains

  •  Synthesis of entire field

How many different assessment measures should be completed in a single diagnostic session

  • Multiple

Chronological age - 15 round up

Name three ways to reduce extraneous stimuli during a diagnostic session

  • Quiet space

  • Shut door

  • No fire drill

  • Make sure curtain is drawn

  • Turn tv off

  • Ask people to leave

  • No eating

Which referral source would refer due to a new medical diagnosis they made for the client

  • Medical sources

What should a clinician be wearing for an evaluation session

  • Scrubs

  • No dresses

What should we present in a diagnostic room ro be ready for the session to begin

  • Materials for therapy: toys, chairs, tables

  • Assessment materials

What do we call getting to know the client at the start of the diagnostic session

  • Building rapport

What law protects a client's case history information

  • hippa

Seven subsections of the case history

  • Medical



All norm referenced tests are…

  • Standardized (and criterion referenced)

What assessment type includes specific directions for administration and scoring

  •  Standardized assessment

If a test truly evaluates what it claims to evaluate is is said to have good

  • Validity 

If a test accurately reflects a clients abilities and disabilities it is said to be 

  • Reliable



What assessment type is typically slp created

  • Qualitative quantitative

What assessment type includes the use of rubrics and checklists

  • Non standardized



Structured probes are what types of assessments

  • Nonstandardized



What assessment method can be both standardized and qualitative

  • Criterion referenced

What assessment method is best for cld populations

  • Dynamic assessments