Ever had students demonstrate pragmatic skills with you but not generalize them in novel situations?
Learn about a revolutionary way to assess a student’s ability to understand and use pragmatic language, including nonverbal cues, as well as overall dynamics of social context. The Clinical Assessment of Pragmatics (CAPs) uses videos that depict real-life situations. The norm-referenced measure is sensitive to pragmatic deficits exhibited by students with autism, language delays, and social (pragmatic) communication disorders. Beginning with “superficial” layers of social situations, this test delves into every level of pragmatics and assesses “intricate” high-level skills, such as an examinee’s ability to express sadness, gratitude, frustration, support, surprise, and their ability to use nonverbal language.
This program has been submitted for approval of 2.0 clock hours of continuing education credit by the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing-Association (TSHA). TSHA approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.