Assessment in speech-language pathology: a resource manual

"This thoroughly updated sixth edition of the best-selling text Assessment in Speech-Language Pathology remains an invaluable resource for instructors, students, and clinicians. The book covers the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of a wide range of communication disorders in adults and children. This one-of-a-kind manual provides a comprehensive package of reference materials, explanations of assessment procedures, practical stimulus suggestions, and hands-on worksheets and screening forms. The highly practical resource is separated into four easy-to-navigate sections: Part I highlights preparatory considerations; Part II includes procedures and materials for obtaining, interpreting, and reporting assessment information; Part III provides materials and suggestions for assessing communicative disorders. Part IV presents a quick-reference section, providing information on hearing considerations, medical diagnoses, and caregiver handouts"--

Foundations of assessment -- Multicultural considerations -- Obtaining preassessment information -- Reporting assessment findings -- Assessment procedures common to most communicative disorders -- Assessment of speech sound disorders -- Assessment of spoken language in children -- Assessment of written language -- Assessment of selective mutism -- Assessment for autism spectrum disorder and social communication disorder -- Assessment for augmentative or alternative communication (AAC) -- Assessment of stuttering and cluttering -- Assessment of voice and resonance -- Assessment of acquired neurogenic language disorders -- Assessment of acquired neurogenic speech disorders -- Assessment of dysphagia -- Hearing considerations -- Medicaldiagnoses associated with communicative disorders.