A Guide to Clinical Assessment and Professional Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology

Cyndi Stein-Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP, TSSLD is a certified speech/language pathologist, life coach, leadership trainer, and specialist in the fields of interpersonal communication and human development. Mrs. Stein-Rubin is a full-time faculty member, lecturer and clinical supervisor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Brooklyn College (CUNY). She is the recipient of the 2009 college-wide Award for Teaching Excellence and is successfully integrating a coaching approach and positive psychology in her classroom design, and in her clinical supervision both with students and while training students to counsel clients and families. She conducts workshops and training sessions employing her cutting edge approach to leadership for university faculty and staff. In addition, Ms. Stein-Rubin conducts training programs for the executive development program of the New York Police Department, the Center for Teaching (CFT) for faculty and staff at Brooklyn College and is a keynote speaker for St. John's Hospital's Department of Psychiatry and for several prominent New York community centers. Renee Fabus, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, TSHH is an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Fabus has accepted a faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor at Adelphi University for Fall 2011. She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from New York University, her master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. Dr. Fabus is a certified speech-language pathologist who has practiced in a variety of medical and school settings, including private practice. Her clinical interests and expertise include: childhood apraxia speech, stuttering in children and adults, dysphagia, preschool language disorders, and neurogenic communication disorders in adults. In addition, she has taught and supervised in both undergraduate and graduate programs in the New York City area and served in various capacities on boards and editorial committees. She has awards in both research and teaching and has received funding to investigate the neural processing of school-age children who stutter. She is currently the Vice President of the Long Island Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Acknowledgments. Preface. 1. Introduction to Assessment: A Diagnostic Philosophy. 2. Counseling and the Diagnostic Interview for the Speech -Language Pathologist. 3. The Basics of Diagnostic Report Writing (Application to Background Information). 4. Psychometrics of Assessment. 5. The Audiological Screening for the Speech-Language Evaluation. 6. Assessment of Oral-Peripheral Speech Mechanism. 7. Assessment of Articulation and Phonological Disorders. 8. Assessment of Preschool Age Language Disorders. 9. Assessment of Speech, Language, and Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 10. Assessment of School Age Language/Literacy Disorders. 11. Assessment of Aphasia. 12. Assessment of Voice Disorders. 13. Assessment of Stuttering. 14. Assessment of Feeding and Swallowing Disorders Across the Lifespan. Part I: Adult Dysphasia . Part II: Pediatric Dysphasia . 15. Assessment of Accent. Index.