CSD 540 Evaluation in Communication Disorders
Course Description
This course is designed for graduate students in training
for the profession of speech-language pathology. The course covers issues
related to assessment/evaluation of communication disorders. Course topics
include roles and responsibilities of SLPs in assessment, gathering case history
information, imparting information to parents and clients, comprehensive assessment,
informal assessment, standardized tests, psychometric qualities of tests (e.g.,
validity, reliability), test administration, test interpretation, assessment
is specific areas (oral-motor, language, phonology, etc.), multicultural considerations
in assessment, making recommendations based on assessment, and report writing.
Suzanne Hungerford, Ph.D., CCC-SLP