CAALMS Evaluation Checklist BEFORE EVALUATION DURING EVALUATION AFTER EVALUATION Check-in with client: call and confirm the Bring all test administration and scoring forms and Meet with Supervisor to set up treatment appointment, location, time client file sessions and deadline for over report Meet with Supervisor. Inform supervisor Ensure that consent forms are signed Communicate with supervisor to schedule a regarding consult room room for treatment sessions Intake packet is filled/obtained Set up video / audio recording equipment Write up report by 48 hours* and submit Bring scheduling forms copies of scored forms and report in Be prepared with administering formal supervisor’s clinic mailbox ( check deadline with and informal measures Note use of interview techniques and alternative specific supervisor) communication strategies Review INFO CDS or supervisor Contact client to confirm treatment sessions recommended readings Introduce format of evaluation to client is a 2 “This hour evaluation. It will comprise of XYZ. Here’s some Review sample report templates water if you need it. Please let me know if you need a break at any time. Any questions before we start?” After consult: Thank them for their time and enduring the rigorous testing procedures Walk them to lobby Ensure that you have obtained their scheduling information DOMAIN FORMAL MEASURES INFORMAL MEASURES INTERVIEW QUESTIONS Comprehensive Aphasia Test (CAT) Informal observations during So give me a little background about the injury – Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) interview: describe what happened? Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE) Auditory comprehension ability to Were you involved in any therapy after? Describe – Aphasia, Minnesota Aphasia Screening Test (MAST) respond to wh-questions, follow what that was like? Alexia, Reading Comprehension Battery for Aphasia (RCBA) directions during oral-motor exam How has this injury changed your life? Agraphia Pyramids and Palm Trees (PPT) Expressive language and speech Any trouble communicating your thoughts? production responses to questions Any trouble understanding conversations? – ASHA-Functional Assessment of Communication Scale Reading / writing filling out Any trouble with reading / writing? – (FACS) paperwork Have you noticed any improvement in your abilities Communication Effectiveness (CETI) since the injury? How has it improved (or National Outcome Measurement System (NOMS) regressed?)? What has helped in improving your Communicative Abilities in Daily Living (CADL) status?
CAALMS Evaluation Checklist BEFORE EVALUATION DURING EVALUATION AFTER EVALUATION Check-in with client: call and confirm the appointment, location, time Meet with Supervisor. Inform supervisor regarding consult room Set up video / audio recording equipment Be prepared with administering formal and informal measures Review INFO CDS or supervisor recommended readings Review sample report templates Bring all test administration and scoring forms and client file Ensure that consent forms are signed Intake packet is filled/obtained Bring scheduling forms Note use of interview techniques and alternative communication strategies Introduce format of evaluation to client “This is a 2 hour evaluation. It will comprise of XYZ. Here’s some water if you need it. Please let me know if you need a break at any time. Any questions before we start?” After consult: Thank them for their time and enduring the rigorous testing procedures Walk them to lobby Ensure that you have obtained their scheduling information Meet with Supervisor to set up treatment sessions and deadline for over report Communicate with supervisor to schedule a room for treatment sessions Write up report by 48 hours* and submit copies of scored forms and report in supervisor’s clinic mailbox ( check deadline with specific supervisor) Contact client to confirm treatment sessions DOMAIN FORMAL MEASURES INFORMAL MEASURES INTERVIEW QUESTIONS Aphasia, Alexia, Agraphia Comprehensive Aphasia Test (CAT) Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE) Minnesota Aphasia Screening Test (MAST) Reading Comprehension Battery for Aphasia (RCBA) Pyramids and Palm Trees (PPT) ASHA-Functional Assessment of Communication Scale (FACS) Communication Effectiveness (CETI) National Outcome Measurement System (NOMS) Communicative Abilities in Daily Living (CADL) Informal observations during interview: Auditory comprehension – ability to respond to wh-questions, follow directions during oral-motor exam Expressive language and speech production – responses to questions Reading / writing – filling out paperwork So give me a little background about the injury – describe what happened? Were you involved in any therapy after? Describe what that was like? How has this injury changed your life? Any trouble communicating your thoughts? Any trouble understanding conversations? Any trouble with reading / writing? Have you noticed any improvement in your abilities since the injury? How has it improved (or regressed?)? What has helped in improving your status?