Clinical Interview
What is the first question to ask in a clinical interview?
What are your concerns?
Why did you come in today?
What is the term for an informal assessment?
Non-standardized
Standardized testing is the professional term for...
Formal testing/ formal tests
When listing an assessment for the first time in any form of documentation, you must (looking for two answers).
- Capitalize the name of the assessment
- Bold, italicize, or underline the assessment name
- Write out the edition
- Provide the acronym following the test
True or false: You should always know a client's exact age? Provide an example of how to write the age.
True: Use of semi-colon [Example: 3;2]
What does norm- referenced mean?
compares performance to the performance of a group of other individuals
Typically, how long should you wait to re-administer a standardized assessment to a client?
8-12 months
The client earned a standard score of 86 on the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition (CELF-5). What is the standard deviation for this score? And is this above or below the mean?
-0.93 standard deviations below the mean
You walk into hospital room to assess a client. What are the first two things you say?
Introduce the type of provider you are
What does validity mean in standardized testing?
test or assessment measures what it is supposed to measure.
Name one strategy you can use to elicit an informal language sample from the client?
- picture description
- personal event description
The client earned a standard score of 111 on the Arizona Test of Articulation, 4th Edition (Arizona). What professional term/interpretation you use to describe this score?
Average or High Average
What's the word that describes, establishing a connection and trust with the client.
Rapport
Rapport Building
What does the term "ceiling" mean in standardized assessment?
Point in a standardized assessment where a patient can no longer answer questions correctly
I'm going to perform a dynamic assessment with my client. What does that mean?
The client earned an Expressive Language Index (standard score) of 61 on the Test of Language Development: Primary, 5th Edition (TOLD:P5). With this score, what is one recommendation you may make? And...why?
- Developmental pediatrician
- Neuropsychologist
- Rule out or confirm underlying reason for the delay/disorder etc.
What are the three types of levels of listening that were discussed and provide a brief explanation of all.
Level 1: Self-central, into your own thoughts
Level 2: More aware of the client, able to compartmentalize
Level 3: Full aware of the client, non-verbals
What does the term "basal" mean in standardized testing?
- Starting point in a standardized assessment where patient can answer a certain number of consecutive questions correctly.
- Helps determine the level at which the patient is performing without difficulty.
Prior to giving a standardized assessment. What two questions are important to ask yourself?
Is it age appropriate?
Is the test assessing my concerns?
True or False: When giving an assessment, always use age expectations to explain where the client is performing. Provide the why too....
Focus on age vs. where the overall scattered skills and performance reflect