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Communication Disorders Quarterly
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Assessing Referential Communication Skills

The Use of a Non-Standardized Assessment Procedure

Deanne Reiss Lucas

Dianne Riess Lucas is a speech-language pathologist currently working with an early intervention program operated by Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Pennsauken, NJ.

Amy L. Weiss

Amy L. Weiss is an associate professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of Iowa. A clinically-certified speech-language pathologist, Dr. Weiss does research in the area of clinical management of children with speech and language disorders. ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO: Amy L. Weiss, Ph.D. Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242

Penelope K. Hall

Penelope K. Hall is an associate professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of Iowa. Teaching responsibilities are in the areas of assessment and supervision, with recent research interests and publications including descriptive work in the area of Developmental Apraxia of Speech (DAS).

This article describes a method used to assess the degree to which school-aged children with communication disorders are competent with one aspect of referential communication, an important pragmatic skill. The focus of the article is on the development and use of a nonstandardized assessment probe that could have utility as part of a comprehensive diagnostic test battery for language disorders or for language therapy. Rationales for the use of nonstandardized probes, and results from presentations of the probe to a heterogeneous group of children with diagnosed communication disorders are discussed.

Communication Disorders Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2, 25-34 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/152574019301500204
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