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ACCR provides comprehensive evaluations and assessments for a variety of cognitive communication disorders such as: -
Language
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Speech
Language assessments involve the evaluation of receptive, expressive and pragmatic language skills through the use of standardized tests, observation, client or parent/caregiver report, and informal diagnostic tasks. Language assessments may include examination of all or some of the following skills:
- Vocabulary
- Grammar/syntax
- Language processing skills
- Language memory and recall
- Conceptual skills
- Cognitive-linguistic tasks
- Organization and formulation of language
- Understanding and use of social language
Speech assessments
involve the evaluation of speech sound production, and the client's ability to sequence these sounds accurately to form words and sentences. A speech evaluation is conducted through the use of standardized tests, observation, client or parent/caregiver report, and informal diagnostic tasks. Speech evaluations may include assessment of all or some of the following skills:
- Sound production in all word positions at the word and level
- Phonological development
- Error patterns
- Developmental vs. delayed speech skills
- Intelligibility in known and unknown contexts
- Stimulability (the ability to produce sounds accurately with cueing)
- Oral-motor structure and functioning
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