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| Semester: | Spring 2025 | 
| Number: | 0878-634-100 | 
| Instructor: | Susan Lederer | 
| Days: | Wednesday 2:00 pm - 3:50 pm | 
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class | 
| Location: | Garden City - Hy Weinberg Center 220 | 
| Credits: | 3 | 
| Notes: | 
	      	      For majors only  | 
        
| Course Materials: | View Text Books | 
| Description: | 
                             Survey of assessment and evaluation approaches of communication disorders, with emphasis on rationale of different assessment approaches, as well as understanding the diagnostic process--including report writing; interviewing; administration, scoring of standardized tests; and interpretation of assessment results. Impact of culture, ethnicity, linguistic, and socioeconomic diversity will be discussed.  | 
                    
| Learning Goals: | 
                                    COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, students will learn about:• the  principles of valid and reliable assessment of communication disorders (ASHA – III-D)• the diagnostic interview and counseling process (ASHA – III-D; IV-B; IV-G • the form and content of a diagnostic report   (ASHA – IV-B • the basics of psychometrics (ASHA – III-D)   • the need of both standardized, formal testing as well as informal/dynamic      assessment (ASHA – III-D) • representative  standardized tests  used  in  terms of their rationale, norms,  and techniques of administering/scoring/interpreting these tests (ASHA – III-D) • the need to be sensitive to cultural/linguistic diversity during the assessment                process (ASHA – III-C and III-D; IV-G)• speech/language screening assessment (ASHA – IV-G)                                          *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.  | 
                            
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