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ERIC Number: EJ738820
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jun
Pages: 5
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-1366-8250
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Standardised Speech-Language Tests and Students with Intellectual Disability: A Review of Normative Data
Cascella, Paul W.
Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, v31 n2 p120-124 Jun 2006
Background: Before a school speech-language pathologist (SLP) utilises a standardised speech-language test with a student with intellectual disability (ID), the clinician should carefully consider the purpose of the test and whether the test includes students with ID in the normative group. Method: This project reviewed 49 tests published between 1994 and 2004 and their applicability to students with ID. Results: Students with mild ID were included in the norm group for 23 of the tests, but no tests included students with more significant ID. Separate norms for students with mild ID were included in 15 tests, but none met Salvia & Ysseldyke's (1995) suggested requirement that at least 100 students be included to represent a specific subgroup. A majority of the tests assessed receptive and expressive vocabulary, syntax, and grammar but no recent test measured a student's pragmatic communication. Conclusions: Clinicians are encouraged to supplement standardised tests with non-standardised procedures to document students' pragmatic, social, and functional communication abilities. (Contains 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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