Principle of Ethics I
Individuals shall honor their responsibility to hold paramount the welfare of persons they serve professionally or who are participants in research and scholarly activities.
Principle of Ethics II
Individuals shall honor their responsibility to achieve and maintain the highest level of professional competence and performance.
Principle of Ethics III
In their professional role, individuals shall act with honesty and integrity when engaging with the public and shall provide accurate information involving any aspect of the professions.
Principle of Ethics IV
Individuals shall uphold the dignity and autonomy of the professions, maintain collaborative and harmonious interprofessional and interprofessional relationships, and accept the professions’ self-imposed standards.
HIPAA violations
HIPAA identifiers
Purposes of assessment
screening- to decided if there is a strong likelihood that the individual does or doesn’t have a problem
differential diagnosis- allows the clinician to label the problem/ distinguish the disorder from another with similar symptoms
to determine eligibility of services- speech and language services often covered by public funding (i.e. schools, medicare) or private health insurance –> documented disorder needed to qualify for services
to establish a baseline- develop intervention targets, track and document progress
tools of assessment
screening
case history
interviews and questionnaires
behavioral observations/ informal tools (attentiveness, comfort levels)
NR tests
criterion referenced tests
screening
quick and efficient way to determine if full eval is needed
usually pass/fail
con: can sometimes yield false negatives or false positives
case history
information on the client’s communication skills/ areas of concern
any known underlying medical conditions
family history or communication problems
previous assessments and interventions
informal assessment tools
case history
behavioral observations (client’s comfort level, attentiveness, sociability)
language sampling
NR tests
A norm-referenced test is a standardized test or assessment that attempts to rank an individual test-taker in comparison to a subset of the population that also took the same test.
Advantages of NR tests
dynamic assessment
Allows the clinician to determine how an individual responds to different support strategies
Assists in the determination of the types of intervention techniques that may promote change for an individual
Static assessment
Disadvantages of Norm Referenced Tests
Criterion Referenced Tests
Criterion-referenced tests and assessments are designed to measure student performance against a fixed set of predetermined criteria or learning standards—i.e., concise, written descriptions of what students are expected to know and be able to do at a specific stage of their education.
Raw Score
type of score obtained from NR test
The number of points obtained on the test
Standard/Scaled Score:
type of score obtained from NR test
A method for converting the raw score into a score that can be compared to the sample population
Percentile Ranking
Per 100 individuals in the normative sample, the percentage of individuals that scored below the score your client attained.
Confidence Interval
obtained from NR test
The range within which the true score of the individual falls. This interval takes into account the standard error associated with tests
Composite/Index Score
A cluster of several individual subtest scores that together form a profile of a particular type of skills (example, receptive language, expressive language)
Age/Grade Equivalent Score
The least reliable of scores on a norm referenced measures. Age or grade equivalent scores should not be used to determine the presence of a disorder.
Behavioral Orientation to Learning
Learning theory
*Purpose is to produce a behavioral change
*Result - behavioral objectives, skill development, and training