January 9, 2024 · 2:00 · Assessment
What an Initial CAS Assessment Looks Like at the NYU Motor Speech Lab
Minutes before a new child arrives, Nicole walks through her evaluation: the DEMSS, the Goldman-Fristoe, an oral mechanism exam, a syllable repetition task, multisyllabic words and a language sample.
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Hi, everyone. It's Nicole coming in from the NYU Motor Speech Lab. Happy New Year, and welcome, 2024.
I have a new kiddo coming in for an initial assessment in five minutes, and I wanted to share what that process looks like here at the NYU Motor Speech Lab. I've already screened this child over Zoom, to make sure that when they come in, we're not wasting anybody's time.
So the first thing I'm going to do is have a little bit of caffeine. True story.
Okay, the first thing I'll actually do is the DEMSS. It was developed by Dr. Strand, and it's the only dynamic assessment on the market right now. It's really going to help me look for and observe the characteristics that tell me whether this child has CAS. I'll also do a Goldman-Fristoe. I'll definitely do an oral mechanism exam, to look at the structural and functional integrity of the oral mechanism for speech and non-speech. I'll do a syllable repetition task. And if they're a little higher functioning and the DEMSS isn't capturing all of their difficulties, which happens, I'll do a test with multisyllabic words, like "butterfly" and "animal," to see how they do with those harder targets.
I'll also take a language sample. We've been using Frog, Where Are You? and the script that comes with it. For the kids who can't give a sample, it's been helpful to take a PCC and a PWC from their Goldman-Fristoe. How many acronyms can you fit in at once?
I hope this is helpful, and I'll be back with more info. Take care.
