INTERPRETING FINDINGS AND
FORMULATING DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES
EXAM PREP TEST BANK VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● interjudge reliability
Answer: agreement of two independent judges on the occurrence and
type of responses performed by a client. 0.90 or more shows good
agreement among the examiners.
●● ...comprehensive and difficult
Answer: Diagnosis is....
●● Diagnosis requires...
Answer: 1. Knowledge of norms and testing techniques
2. Skills in observation
3. Ability to relate effectively & empathetically
4. Great deal of creative intuition
5. Scrutinizing all aspects of behavior
●● To diagnose means to...
Answer: ...distingush
,●● Evaluation
Answer: the process of arriving at a diagnosis using informal probes,
trial therapy tasks, and gathering generalization data.
●● Diagnosis and Evaluation are....
Answer: ongoing processes... they are dynamic.
●● Two major goals of evaluation
Answer: 1. To arrive at a good understanding or diagnosis of a client's
problem
2. Monitor the client's progress in treatment and note any changes in the
communication problem.
●● How do you monitor client progress?
Answer: data recording and documentation.
●● three main reasons for eval and diagnosis
Answer: Determine existence of a problem
Baseline performance data gathering
Monitoring of treatment progress
●● You should diagnose a problem by using a combination of:
, Answer: norm-referenced standardized tests and nonstandardized
communication tasks
●● How to measure baseline data
Answer: gather data from the evaluation tasks at initial diagnostic
session and gather data from the person's functional level of
communication at the beginning of treatment. Account for what the
client can and cannot do and consider their natural environment.
●● How to monitor progress
Answer: Continue to gather data on the client's performance in therapy
sessions
Continue to gather data on his/her changes in functional communication
abilities
Continue to gather data on the client's ability to generalize their abilities
to other environments
●● What does generalization mean?
Answer: Carryover to their naturalistic environment. Do they use what
they've learned in everyday life not just the therapy room?
●● Three major influences in the areas of research, theory, & clinical
practice
Answer: Evidence-Based Practice
FORMULATING DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES
EXAM PREP TEST BANK VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● interjudge reliability
Answer: agreement of two independent judges on the occurrence and
type of responses performed by a client. 0.90 or more shows good
agreement among the examiners.
●● ...comprehensive and difficult
Answer: Diagnosis is....
●● Diagnosis requires...
Answer: 1. Knowledge of norms and testing techniques
2. Skills in observation
3. Ability to relate effectively & empathetically
4. Great deal of creative intuition
5. Scrutinizing all aspects of behavior
●● To diagnose means to...
Answer: ...distingush
,●● Evaluation
Answer: the process of arriving at a diagnosis using informal probes,
trial therapy tasks, and gathering generalization data.
●● Diagnosis and Evaluation are....
Answer: ongoing processes... they are dynamic.
●● Two major goals of evaluation
Answer: 1. To arrive at a good understanding or diagnosis of a client's
problem
2. Monitor the client's progress in treatment and note any changes in the
communication problem.
●● How do you monitor client progress?
Answer: data recording and documentation.
●● three main reasons for eval and diagnosis
Answer: Determine existence of a problem
Baseline performance data gathering
Monitoring of treatment progress
●● You should diagnose a problem by using a combination of:
, Answer: norm-referenced standardized tests and nonstandardized
communication tasks
●● How to measure baseline data
Answer: gather data from the evaluation tasks at initial diagnostic
session and gather data from the person's functional level of
communication at the beginning of treatment. Account for what the
client can and cannot do and consider their natural environment.
●● How to monitor progress
Answer: Continue to gather data on the client's performance in therapy
sessions
Continue to gather data on his/her changes in functional communication
abilities
Continue to gather data on the client's ability to generalize their abilities
to other environments
●● What does generalization mean?
Answer: Carryover to their naturalistic environment. Do they use what
they've learned in everyday life not just the therapy room?
●● Three major influences in the areas of research, theory, & clinical
practice
Answer: Evidence-Based Practice
