A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Assessment Practices by Allied Health Practitioners for Children With Cerebral Palsy
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
O'Connor, B., Kerr, C., et al. (2016).
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 58(4), 332-347.
This systematic review investigates the validity of allied health assessment tools, including speech, language, and communication assessment measures, for children, birth to 18-years-old, with cerebral palsy (CP).
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2000-May 2015
Published, English-language studies (not further specified)
14
<p>"Assessment practices ... were documented with many assessment tools reported. Most of the assessment tools frequently used were age-standardized, norm-referenced discriminative tools that focused on [International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health, Child, and Youth version] ICF-CY domains of body structure and function" (p. 343). Of the 13 speech, language, and communication assessments identified as being used most frequently, none showed acceptable validity for use with children with cerebral palsy. These included:</p>
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<li>British Picture Vocabulary Scales;</li>
<li>Bracken Basic Concept Scale;</li>
<li>Renfrew Bus Story;</li>
<li>Children's Communication Checklist-2;</li>
<li>Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals;</li>
<li>Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology;</li>
<li>Derbyshire Language Scheme;</li>
<li>Preschool Language Scale;</li>
<li>Preverbal Communication Scales;</li>
<li>Action Picture Test;</li>
<li>Reynell Developmental Language Scales;</li>
<li>South Tyneside Assessment of Phonology; and</li>
<li>South Tyneside Assessment of Syntactic Structures.</li>
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