Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Hadley, Pamela A.

Degree Name

B.S. (Bachelor of Science)

Legacy Department

School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders

Abstract

This project developed guidelines for speech-language pathologists to use when making data-driven decisions on whether to keep a child in services or to dismiss the child from direct therapy. The purpose was to develop an action plan to guide theclinician in decision-making. Three questions were posed: 1. What should be evaluated? 2. Which tools should be used and how often? 3. How could these results be interpreted to inform clinical decision-making? To do this, a literature review was conducted and recommendations were discussed with a speech-language pathologist and a clinical researcher working at this university. Proposed guidelines focused on total vocabulary, verb lexicon, word combinations, and three longest sentences. Recommended tools include the Communicative Development Inventory and a measure of unique syntactic types. Recommendations for interpreting growth on these measures at three-month intervals are provided. The viability of these measures can be evaluated in future research.

Comments

Includes bibliographical references.

Extent

20 unnumbered pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

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In Copyright

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NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.

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