Assessment Basics & Best Practices
This part of the assessment gathers medical, academic, and family background information.
What is the intake (or case history)?
This term replaces Limited English Proficient “LEP” because it avoids deficit framing.
What is English Learner (EL)?
Bilingual speakers may be wrongly diagnosed with this communication disorders because of word-search behaviors or increased pauses in their L2.
What is stuttering?
This term describes findings that can apply beyond the specific participants in a study.
What is generalizable?
This concept involves learning about a] the assumptions and beliefs of our professional practice, [b] the cultural values and beliefs of those being served, and [c] partnering with the client to synthesize these.
What is cultural recriprocity?
These assessments require strict adherence to the test manual to remain valid.
What are standardized assessments?
This assessment task removes language bias from stimulus items and helps to differentiate between language difference and disorder.
What is nonword repetition tasks?
If a bilingual child improves with support during dynamic assessment, it most likely indicates this.
What is a language difference?
The highest level of evidence (1++ or 1+) typically comes from these types of studies.
What are meta-analyses, systematic reviews, or randomized controlled trials?
A clinician should do this before selecting intervention materials for a client/family/
What is wait to get to know them?
Assessment that measures performance against set criteria. Not compared to peers.What is criterion-referenced tests?
What is criterion-referenced tests?
This is a valid and reliable tool to assess speech and language in bilingual Spanish and English children.
What is the BESA?
This treatment approach targets skills shared across both of a bilingual child’s languages.
What is the bilingual approach?
A major limitation of high-level evidence in CSD is that it often lacks adequate representation of this group.
Who are minoritized populations?
A clinician should do this first when treating a speech sound or phonological disorder with a multilingual speaker.
What is gain knowledge about speech sounds in each of the client’s languages?
Any change to standardized testing procedures requires scores to be interpreted this way.
What is with caution and not for official use?
This is the first step in a culturally responsive assessment process.
What is self-assessment?
When working with someone who uses a language variation, focus on these targets first.
What are noncontrastive targets?
CRR aims to do this with power between researchers and participants.
What is equalize or share power?
A clinician should ask for permission from the client/family before conducting this type of therapy with clients with a voice disorder.
What is touch-based therapy?
This assessment model follows a test–teach–test format.
What is dynamic assessment?
If a client is not represented in the normative sample, clinicians should do this when conducting the standardized assessment.
What is making modification or adaptations to the standardized assessment?
Struggles that appear across both languages, even with support, suggest this.
What is a language disorder?
This Belmont principle focuses on informed consent and protecting vulnerable populations.
What is beneficence?
This is one-way telepractice can be beneficial for marginalized populations.
What is..
Reaches rural, underserved, and homebound clients
Eliminates transportation barriers (time & cost savings)
Home-based delivery shown to improve quality of life and functional outcomes
Families and caregivers can observe and participate in therapy more easily
Expands access to bilingual/specialized clinicians regardless of geography