Assessment in Speech-Language Pathology: A Resource Manual, 6th Edition

What you’ll find inside

Assessment in Speech-Language Pathology: A Resource Manual, Sixth Edition, by Kenneth G. Shipley and Julie G. McAfee, is a practical reference for students and clinicians studying communication-disorder assessment. Its organization combines foundational testing principles with disorder-focused chapters, forms, sample materials, and reference resources. The manual is designed to help readers understand assessment procedures and documentation; clinical decisions still depend on professional training, current standards, and individual client needs.

What is covered in the manual?

The opening section introduces assessment methods, psychometric principles such as validity and reliability, standardized test administration, score interpretation, and professional considerations. Early chapters address multicultural factors and clinical reporting. The resource sections then move through assessment procedures shared across communicative disorders and focused chapters on speech sound disorders, language and literacy, selective mutism, autism and social communication, augmentative and alternative communication, stuttering and cluttering, and voice and resonance.

Additional chapters cover acquired neurogenic language and speech disorders, dysphagia, hearing considerations, and medical diagnoses associated with communication disorders. The book includes forms, sample reports, assessment stimuli, and other tools that readers can consult while learning how an evaluation is structured. Its breadth makes it useful for comparing procedures across populations and clinical areas, while the chapter-by-chapter arrangement supports reference use when studying one disorder group at a time.

Who is this speech-language pathology resource for?

Graduate students and clinicians may use the manual as a course companion or reference when reviewing assessment approaches and documentation examples. Instructors can draw on its forms and sample materials to support discussion of evaluation methods. Check that the sixth edition matches your course or professional reference needs, and consult current clinical guidance where practice standards may have changed.

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