Author: Brett McCardel, MS, CCC-SLP
Have you ever had a client who writes single words successfully, but struggles when trying to string those words together into sentences? โ๐ผโ๐ซโฃ
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Agraphia assessment at the sentence-level examines the language skills outside of spelling, such as ๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐น and ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐โฃ
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What exactly are we referring to with these terms? ๐คท๐ฝโฃ
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: difficulty understanding word order and thematic roles (e.g., WHO is doing WHAT) within a sentence. Verb retrieval is also important here, as type of verb (1-, 2-, and 3-place) will determine overall sentence structureโฃ
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๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐: word structures must change in order to fit the grammatical rules of English, and vulnerabilities in morphological skills can make it difficult to convey factors such as tense and pluralityโฃ
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In order to get a better look at these aspects of written language, consider the following assessments:โฃ
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-Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language 28: Written Sentence Productionโฃ
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-Northwestern Assessment of Verbs and Sentences โฃ
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-Northwestern Assessment of Verb Inflectionโฃ
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By better understanding our clientโs specific writing difficulties, we can make treatment more individually tailored and thus more effective and meaningful ๐๐ผโฃ
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