Summary:
- Evaluate General Foundations for Fluent Communication
- Determine if concomitant speech, language, hearing disorders exist
- Use hearing screening, speech and voice eval, language eval
- Obtain Background Information
- Determine perceptions of fluency problem by parents, family, teachers, and client
- Determine impact of fluency disorder on social, academic, and work performance
- Use interviews, case history, reports from other professionals and family members
- Perform Published Testing on Overt and Covert Features
- Determine if a problem exists, what kind of problem, and its severity by comparing client’s scores to standardized norms
- Determine communication attitudes and self-concept
- Use standardized tests
- Perform Non-Standardized Testing
- Determine overt behavior features of speech disfluency (type, frequency, core behaviors, speech rates)
- Explore use of covert and struggle features
- See how responsive the child is to different techniques or types of therapy
- Use to determine direction and method of treatment
- Do this through analysis of a speech sample using a variety of behavioral observations and rate calculations
- Be sure to talk about emotions and communication attitudes during this to probe deeper into emotional implications
- Evaluate Relevant Environments
- Determine total resources for treatment
- Look for obstacles to success in academic or social areas
- Do this through an assessment of home environment and classroom demands
Source:
Diagnosis and Evaluation in Speech Pathology (Seventh Edition) by William O. Haynes and Rebekah H. Pindzola (Affiliate link, thanks in advance if you choose to purchase through my link!)