Get Speech And Language Impairments Assessment And Decision Making

Review of auditory, visual, motor, and cognitive status. Standardized and/or non-standardized measures of specific aspects of speech, spoken and non-spoken language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing function, including observations and analysis of work samples.

The speech-language pathologist will talk to you about your child's communication and general development. He or she will also use special spoken tests to evaluate your child. A hearing test is often included in the evaluation because a hearing problem can affect speech and language development.

Depending on the age of your child and the type of difficulty they have, they will do many different tasks and activities. For some children, particularly younger ones, the assessment may be done through the SLT playing alongside your child or watching them play. This is known as an 'informal' assessment.

The following is a list of the main areas we assess. Receptive language (understanding of language) Expressive language (use of language) Pragmatic language (social communication) Play skills. Literacy and phonological skills (reading and writing) Fluency of speech (stuttering)

Speech and language assessment should measure language production, language comprehension, nonverbal communication and gesture (including gaze and joint attention in young children), pragmatic and figurative language, prosody, rhythm, volume, and content of speech (Paul, 2005).

The Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF) is a comprehensive speech impairment assessment tool to evaluate a child's speech and language skills competency in various contexts.

Some other evaluation tools used to identify and diagnose speech disorders are: Denver Articulation Screening Examination. Leiter International Performance scale-3. Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation 3 (GFTA-3).