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Introduction to Speech Evaluation Reports

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Introduction to Speech Evaluation Reports

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A speech evaluation report is used by speech pathologists to summarize how the child did during their evaluation and whether this is an initial assessment based upon a referral from their pediatrician/school or if they have been undergoing speech therapy previously. These reports also record the child's medical, developmental, and educational history as well as if there were any complications at birth or if they were born healthy.

These reports are used as a tool for suggestions or accommodations needed  on how to better help the child with their speech development.

This is a tool used by the parents, school/daycare, and the speech therapist to have a better understanding of the child's speech development and where their skills and strengths are.

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Speech evaluation reports are distributed either digitally or as a hard copy after the child's evaluation is finished. A copy of the report is sent to the parents, schools, doctors, and speech therapists as tool to get the child the accommodations/recommendations they need.

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There are many sections to a speech evaluation. Each section is designed to present the information gathered from the child's evaluation and provide the accommodations and recommendations needed.

Main Sections Include:

1. Child's medical, educational, and developmental history

2. How they scored on each part of the evaluation (word articulation, auditory comprehension, communication, and stutter severity)

3. Recommendations/Accommodations and if speech therapy is necessary

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How These Moves Achieve a Speech Evaluation Report's Goals

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How These Moves Achieve a Speech Evaluation Report's Goals

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A speech evaluation report is all about providing information on a child's language and communications skills. Each section of the report documents the child's history and how they scored in each section of the speech-language evaluation. The overall goal of speech evaluation form is to determine whether the child requires speech therapy or any accommodations. Each section within an evaluation report provides the information needed for the evaluation to be effective, accurate, and helpful.

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This is a guide to ASHA documents and references to consider when conducting comprehensive speech-language assessments. Speech-language assessment is a complex process. Assessing, describing, and interpreting an individual's communication ability requires the integration of a variety of information gathered in the evaluation process. ASHA's Preferred Practice Patterns for the Professions of Speech-Language Pathology (2004) indicates that comprehensive speech-language pathology assessment includes these components:

Case history, including medical status, education, socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds and information from teachers and other related service providers

Patient/client/student and family interview

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

Identification of potential for effective intervention strategies and compensations

Selection of standardized measures for speech, language, cognitive-communication, and/or swallowing assessment with consideration for documented ecological validity and cultural sensitivity

Follow-up services to monitor communication and swallowing status and ensure appropriate intervention and support for individuals with identified speech, language, cognitive-communication, and/or swallowing disorders

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) has specific provisions concerning the assessment of students (Sections 300.301-300.305) in schools. In addition, SLPs need to follow state and local requirements for the assessments of students.

It is important to note the distinctions between the terms evaluation and assessment according to IDEA Part C Guidelines. Evaluation means the "procedures used by qualified personnel to determine a child's initial and continuing eligibility..." IDEA (2004), Part B requires that an evaluation be comprehensive and assess all areas of suspected disability. It is important for the clinician to involve other assessment staff as part of the multidisciplinary evaluation team to address educational and/or behavioral concerns for students who are not meeting the grade-level expectations (IDEA, 2004, Section 34 CFR 300.304).

Assessment means "the ongoing procedures used by qualified personnel to identify the child's unique strengths and needs and the early intervention services appropriate to meet those needs throughout the period of the child's eligibility...and includes the assessment of the child...and the assessment of the child's family..." (IDEA, Part C, Section 303.321)

ASHA Practice Policy Documents

Research and Evidence Based Practice

Language/Speech Sampling

Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding Templates

Multicultural Issues in Assessment

Resources

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Assessment and Evaluation of Speech-Language Disorders in Schools

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This is a guide to ASHA documents and references to consider when conducting comprehensive speech-language assessments. Speech-language assessment is a complex process. Assessing, describing, and interpreting an individual's communication ability requires the integration of a variety of information gathered in the evaluation process.

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From the examples that were viewed of speech evaluation reports there does not seem to be much room for variation. The reports seem to have a required setup with specific sections. The most variation I found is in how the evaluation results are presented. For example, in some reports the written evaluation and the scores are all in the same section (more in a rubric form), but in the others the test scores are placed in a separate section at the end (the example provided above).

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The common language features for speech evaluation reports are:

Informative

Descriptive

Assessment

Objective

These reports are an objective tool for evaluating the child's language and communication skills. As well as supplying information on how to help better the child's speech skills. Each report is tailored to each individual child, so it's important that information provided is accurate.

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Speech evaluation reports are helpful tools for creating a cohesive view on a child's background, speech and communication development, and what the child needs to be successful in building their communication skills.

Though some potential problems are that each evaluator may have a different opinion on where the child falls on the development scale for each skill, causing confusion for the parents and an ineffective plan of action on how to build the child's language development skills.