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Pediatric Services

Augmentative and Alternative Communication - Application

Scheduling Information

Name of person completing this form:

Relationship to client:

Referred by:

Funding Information

If insurance, what type?

Policy Number:

Group Number:

Heartspring may contact my insurance to get prior approval for the evaluation.

What questions would you like addressed during this evaluation?

Identifying Information

Education

Medical Information

If not, how does the child move around?

Describe any other significant concerns:

Fine and Gross Motor Skills

Does the child have any motor movement challenges?

If so, please describe:

Holds head steady?

Walk?

Feeds self?

Isolates finger and points?

Handedness:

Child can use:

Please list any special equipment used for gross or fine motor activities:

Expressive Communication

Does the child initiate communication interactions?

Does the child respond to communication interactions?

Approximately how intelligible is the child to unfamiliar listeners?

%

Approximately how intelligible is the child to familiar listeners?

%

Does the child demonstrate frustration when he/she is not understood?

If yes, how?

Forms of communication used by child (please check all that apply and list examples of each):

If child uses pictures, what format?

Has an augmentative and alternative evaluation ever been completed in the past?

If yes, please provide name and contact info for evaluator:

Has any type of augmentative or alternative communication been used or recommended in the past?

If yes, what?

What is the child's primary mode of communication at home?

What is the child's primary mode of communication at school?

Comprehension

Responds to speaker:

Understands what is said to him/her:

Follows simple directions:

Follows complex, multi-step directions:

Can group similar items together (e.g. clothes, food):

Does the child understand more than he/she is able to communicate?

Identifies numbers?

Identifies colors?

Identifies shapes?

Identifies letters?

Describe child's reading skills:

What are the current therapy goals for the child?

What are the most important communication needs at home?

What are the most important communication needs in school/community?

Therapy Services
Please list services your child is currently receiving.

Speech

Goals:


Occupational Therapy

Goals:


Physical Therapy

Goals:


Other

Goals:


What are some of your child's favorite things or activities? (examples include specific foods, music, people, activities, toys, games, places, etc)

Behavioral Considerations

Please describe any behaviors you feel might be significant for this evaluation:

Please estimate attending skills for structured tasks:

Please include any additional information you feel would be helpful:

Please upload any pertinent reports or paperwork (e.g. IEPS, Speech/OT/PT or Psych evaluations).