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Communication SamplingCommunication SamplingExamples in Assessment
Communication SamplingCommunication SamplingGives us more info to
support/negate a standardized test
Use of communication skills in real-life situations
Most valid assessment of functional communication
More naturalisticEffect on daily life
Important aspects of a Important aspects of a samplingsamplingRepresentative of daily life
opportunitiesCultural sensitivityVarious conversational situations
Nonverbal CommunicationNonverbal CommunicationVery youngOlder, but withdrawn or have
associated cognitive issuesAdults – frustrated, depressed
Varies with the develomental levelAssist in differential dx (a child with
mental dis nonverbal skills should be intact vs child with pdd
ACC – pictures (assisted communication device)
Nonverbal sample Nonverbal sample collectioncollectionFor young children – play sampleEx. Blind childFor older clients – going to their site
and seeing how they communicate – communicative needs
Why do they need to communicate?What do they need to communicate?Long enough to show broad range of
communication attempts (around 30 minutes
How might a nonverbal person communicate?
Nonverbal – analyzing the Nonverbal – analyzing the samplesampleDoes their behavior suggest that
they understand language?Joint attentionNonverbal cuesHow is an act considered
communicative?◦Directed by eye gaze, body orientation,
or gesture◦Should have an effective listener◦Convey recognizable message that could
be translated into words◦Persistent – act will be repeated or
revised to get a response
Language SamplingLanguage SamplingVaries per ageAssess expression, meaning, and usePreschool (3-5)
◦ Play-based◦ Open ended questions◦ ‘shocking’ comments to gain interest –
correction (C.V. eval)◦ 15-30 minute sample◦ Pragmatics – difficult (talking to close, to loud,
to quiet)
School age (5-16)Adult (16-up)
Language Sampling INfoLanguage Sampling INfoQuestions asked
◦Language compare to other aspects of development
◦Developmentally appropriate?◦Variety◦Consistent error patterns
Methods used◦Computing MLU◦Developmental Sentence Analysis◦SALT
Language Sampling – Language Sampling – school agedschool agedInterview (double interview
example of pragmatics)Peer vs. adult interactionSALT analysis – more indepth with
older kids/adultsComplex sentences; bound/free
morphemes, conjunctionsPragmatics – topic maintenance;
repair of conversation; Narrative/expository eval
Language Sampling with Language Sampling with Adults (Acquired Disorders)Adults (Acquired Disorders)InterviewPicture description of a common
scene (Boston Aphasia Battery)Retelling a storyGenerating a story from picturesSequencing a common eventAnalysis involves much of same as
with school –aged except more focus on◦Empty/vague words; new info errors,
inaccurate info; ambiguous or contentless info, inappropriate word use; incpmpleteness
Speech SamplingSpeech SamplingArtic errorsContents of sound inventory-
determine phonetic inventoryIntelligibility Fluency (SSI-3)Voice (rainbow passage) =
readyg fluencyProsodyResonance