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Available in English and Spanish
Obtain
Quick
Severity Ratings
for Five Cognitive
Domains
with CLQT
Developed for use by SLPs, OTs, and Psychologists
Leading neurobehavior researcher and author, Nancy Helm-Estabrooks, Sc.D.,
CCC-SLP, has designed the criterion-referenced Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test
(CLQT) to assist you in quickly assessing strengths and weaknesses in five cognitive
domains (Attention, Memory, Executive Functions, Language, and Visuospatial
Skills). CLQT is for use with adults ages 18-89 with known or suspected neurological
dysfunction. It was field-tested by SLPs, OTs, and psychologists working with clients
in medical and home healthcare settings, acute rehabilitation facilities, outpatient
clinics, and nursing homes, and can be administered in just 15 to 30 minutes.
Ten Tasks Help Identify Pattern of Cognitive Strengths
and Weaknesses
CLQT provides a brief and insightful measure of the status of an individual’s
cognitive-linguistic functioning. CLQT’s ten tasks, five of which have minimal
language demands, tap specific cognitive skills within a short time period and with
relatively simple administration and scoring procedures. The Record Form is also
available in Spanish.
The Ten Task Contributing to the Severity Ratings are:
Cut Scores Determine
Severity Ratings
CLQT criterion cut scores (Within
Normal Limits, Mild, Moderate,
and Severe) were established for
each cognitive domain based on
the author’s expertise informed by
non-clinical and clinical subjects
representative of different ages,
socioeconomic, cultural, and
educational backgrounds.
The score for each task, except
Clock Drawing, contributes to the
severity rating for one or more of
the five cognitive domains. A Total
Composite Severity Rating for each
age group (18-69, 70-89) is derived
from the severity ratings for each
of the five cognitive domains. A
separate severity rating is obtained
for the Clock Drawing task for each
age group. The Clock Drawing
rating can serve as a quick monitor
of progress or decline.
CLQT Helps You Plan Next Steps
Use CLQT results to identify areas for direct treatment or everyday
management of impaired skills, identify the need for more in-depth
testing, or help determine a differential diagnosis. The manual contains
Identify areas for
direct treatment or
everyday management
of impaired skills.
recommendations for further assessment and gives remediation
suggestions based on CLQT results.
The Story Retelling task helps you to
assess the examinee’s working memory
for facts embedded in a story narrative
and to assess auditory processing and
verbal production skills.
The Design Generation task helps you
to assess the examinee’s executive
skills of productivity and creativity,
the ability to vary responses rapidly,
to self-monitor, to remember and follow
rules, and to develop and use effective
strategies, placing minimal demands
on the examinee’s language skills.
CLQT can be
administered in just
15 to 30 minutes.
In developing the CLQT
Record Form, author Nancy
Helm-Estabrooks included
Clinician’s Notes which provide
information and suggestions
to assist you in administering
and interpreting the tasks.
CLQT is field-tested
by SLPs, OTs,
and psychologists.
CLQT Author is Highly Respected
Neurobehavioral Researcher
About the Author
Nancy Helm-Estabrooks, Sc.D. is a Research Professor in the
Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Department of Allied
Health Sciences and the Department of Neurology at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Dr. Helm-Estabrooks has authored and co-authored many journal
articles, books, book chapters, and assesment tools. Her most
current book is the Manual of Aphasia and Aphasia Therapy
co-authored with Martin Albert, M.D., Ph.D. of the Harold Goodglass
Aphasia Center in Boston with which Dr. Helm-Estabrooks was
affiliated for 32 years. She has published several standardized tests
including the Aphasia Diagnostic Profiles, the Boston Assessment of
Severe Aphasia, the Brief Test of Head Injury, and the Cognitive
Linguistic Quick Test.
In addition to credentials with the American Speech and Hearing
Association, she holds Board Certification with the Academy of
Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences and is Past
President of ANCDS. She received ANCDS Honors in 2005, ASHA
Honors in 2000, and is a Fellow of ASHA.
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