This section is used to: Determine the level of fluency impairment. Directions: Check fluency assessment when a standardized assessment was not “No needed” administered because fluency impairment was not part of the referral, and was not raised as an area of suspected disability during referral or as part of a re-evaluation. For children in CDS, a standardized assessment is not required; alternative assessment procedures such as clinical observations can be utilized to score the description of fluency. Unless fluency assessment is checked, one of the four boxes in each of the two “No needed” categories must be checked. If either the or box is checked in each of the two categories, “Moderate” “Severe” then the child exhibits a fluency impairment and the box for question 3 on “Yes” page 1 should be checked. If or is checked for either of the two categories, the “No apparent problem” “Mild” child does not exhibit a fluency impairment and the box for question 3 on page “No” 1 should be checked. This section is used to: Determine the level of voice impairment. Directions: Voice impairment is a medical condition, and the diagnosis from a physician is required. Check voice assessment when a assessment was not obtained “No needed” physician’s because voice impairment was not part of the referral, and was not raised as an area of suspected disability during referral or as part of a re-evaluation. Unless voice assessment is checked, one of the four boxes in each of the two “No needed” categories must be checked. If either the or box is checked in each of the two categories, “Moderate” “Severe” then the child exhibits a voice impairment and the box for question 4 on page “Yes” 1 should be checked. If or is checked for either of the two categories, the “No apparent problem” “Mild” child does not exhibit a voice impairment and the box for question 4 on page 1 “No” should be checked.
This section is used to: Determine the level of fluency impairment. Directions: Check “No fluency assessment needed” when a standardized assessment was not administered because fluency impairment was not part of the referral, and was not raised as an area of suspected disability during referral or as part of a re-evaluation. For children in CDS, a standardized assessment is not required; alternative assessment procedures such as clinical observations can be utilized to score the description of fluency. Unless “No fluency assessment needed” is checked, one of the four boxes in each of the two categories must be checked. If either the “Moderate” or “Severe” box is checked in each of the two categories, then the child exhibits a fluency impairment and the “Yes” box for question 3 on page 1 should be checked. If “No apparent problem” or “Mild” is checked for either of the two categories, the child does not exhibit a fluency impairment and the “No” box for question 3 on page 1 should be checked. This section is used to: Determine the level of voice impairment. Directions: Voice impairment is a medical condition, and the diagnosis from a physician is required. Check “No voice assessment needed” when a physician’s assessment was not obtained because voice impairment was not part of the referral, and was not raised as an area of suspected disability during referral or as part of a re-evaluation. Unless “No voice assessment needed” is checked, one of the four boxes in each of the two categories must be checked. If either the “Moderate” or “Severe” box is checked in each of the two categories, then the child exhibits a voice impairment and the “Yes” box for question 4 on page 1 should be checked. If “No apparent problem” or “Mild” is checked for either of the two categories, the child does not exhibit a voice impairment and the “No” box for question 4 on page 1 should be checked.
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