BASLP 4th Semester Notes  » Paper 2: Language Disorders in Children

Unit 3: Assessment of Language in Children

• Preliminary components of assessment: Case history, screening, evaluation of environmental, linguistic & cultural variables.
• Methods to assess children with language disorder: Formal versus informal assessment; types of assessment materials: assessment scales, observational checklists, developmental scales; standardization, reliability, validity, sensitivity and specificity of test materials
• Informal assessment – pre-linguistic behavior, play, mother-child interaction
• Language sampling: planning and collecting representative sample; strategies to collecting language sample, audio-video recording, transcription
• Analysis of language sample: Specific to various components of language such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.
• Test materials for assessing language skills: Assessment of Language Development (ALD), 3D-Language Assessment Test, Linguistic Profile Test, Com-DEALL checklist, other Indian and global tests
• Test materials used for children with developmental delay, intellectual disability: Madras Developmental Program Scale, Bayley’s Scale for infant and toddler development
• Test materials used for children with autism spectrum disorder: Modified-Checklist for Assessment of Autism in Toddlers, Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Indian Scale for Assessment of Autism
• Other test materials used for children with ADHD, ACA, LD (NIMH battery for assessment of Learning Disability)
• Documenting assessment results: diagnostic report, summary report and referral report specific to disorder
• Differential diagnosis of language disorders in children