Diagnostic Assessment Of Semantic And Phonological Based Word-Finding Difficulties

Course overview

Differential diagnosis of Word Finding (WF) is necessary to plan strategic and meaningful WF intervention. It is not enough to just indicate that a learner has Word Finding difficulties. SLPs need to answer the diagnostic question, "What is the nature of the learner's WF challenge?" To address this diagnostic question, this eCourse informs the SLP of the following components needed to carry out a differential diagnosis of a learner's WF skills: Characteristics of 3 semantic and phonological based WF error patterns, in single word and discourse naming contexts. Theoretical underpinnings of each of these 3 WF error patterns. A standardized test, the Test of Word Finding - 3rd Edition (TWF-3), that differentiates: Comprehension difficulties from semantic based WF difficulties. Articulation from phonological based WF difficulties. Semantic based and phonological based WF difficulties. Informal procedures for the assessment of semantic and phonological based WF error patterns. This online course is divided into 4 parts and will present Formal and Informal Procedures for the diagnostic assessment of semantic and form based Word Finding (WF) error patterns. Specifically, part 1 will present in single words and discourse contexts characteristics of three semantic and phonological based WF error patterns. Part 2 will highlight a lexical model representing the theoretical underpinnings of semantic/phonological based lexical access difficulties. Part 3 will present the new Test of Word Finding, Third Edition (TWF-3) and part 4 will present informal procedures for the identification of 3 WF error patterns.