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Evaluation and Assessment of Cognitive-Communication Disorders in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury

Course: #5040Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 81 Reviews

The course will provide SLPs who work with individuals who have sustained TBI with detailed information regarding best practice for selecting test materials. Specific information about evaluation including normative data, target population, test description, scoring, time required for completion, what the test attempts to measure, challenges/constraints of the test, usefulness of the test and perhaps most importantly, communicating results to individuals tested will be reviewed.

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Learning Outcomes

  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe six tests as recommended by Practice Guidelines for Standardized Assessment for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury (Turkstra et al 2005) for use in evaluating individuals with TBI
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe at least three inclusion criteria for determining tests that are recommended for usage with this population
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe the speech-language pathologist’s unique contribution to the interdisciplinary evaluation process.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe WHY it is ESSENTIAL to provide a translation of test items’ importance in thinking/ communicating so that individuals may understand why the skill area is tested and why it is important
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to list “translation” of test materials’ relevance to essential functional life skills for at least one test item in each test described.

Agenda

0-15 Minutes Introduction and Overview
15-45 Minutes Review of Evaluation materials
45-55 Minutes Translation of test items to essential functional real world skills
55-60 Minutes Conclusion; Q&A

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Intermediate Level
0.1 ASHA CEUs


Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

Clinically certified members of Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC) can accumulate continuing education equivalents (CEEs) for their participation with SpeechPathology.com. One hour of coursework equals 1 CEE. All SAC members are encouraged to participate in on-going education.


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