Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? Communication Assessments of Aboriginal Children Residing in Remote Communities Using Videoconferencing

Autor/inn/en	Eriks-Brophy, Alice; Quittenbaum, Jacqueline; Anderson, Deborah; Nelson, Tina
Titel	Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? Communication Assessments of Aboriginal Children Residing in Remote Communities Using Videoconferencing
Quelle	In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 22 (2008) 8, S.589-609 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0269-9206
Schlagwörter	Articulation (Speech); Indigenous Populations; Children; Language Tests; Speech Language Pathology; Foreign Countries; Interrater Reliability; Bias; Scores; Videotape Recordings; Telecommunications; Geographic Isolation; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinti und Roma; Child; Kind; Kinder; Language test; Sprachtest; Ausland; Interrater-Reliabilität; Telekommunikationstechnik; Kanada
Abstract	The current article describes the results, inter-scorer reliability, and potential sources of bias in conducting speech-language assessments with Aboriginal children in remote Ontario communities using videoconferencing. A main focus of this pilot study was to examine scoring bias, an issue that might arise with videoconferencing for any population but that could potentially interact with test and cultural bias to negatively affect the diagnosis of Aboriginal children. Assessments were administered by a remote-site speech-language pathologist (SLP), while an on-site SLP served as an assistant. Responses were scored simultaneously by both SLPs and the results and their degree of correspondence were compared. Percentage agreement ranged from 96-100% for language tests and from 66-100% for the articulation measure. Results suggest that videoconferencing can be an effective complement to service provision when procedures are organized so as to minimize bias in test administration and in the interpretation of test performance. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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