Assessment tools

  • Assessment tools for swallowing disorders are translated and adopted in Bosnian (GUSS- Gugging screening of swallowing, EAT – 10 screening test of swallowing, Water Swallowing Test).
  • Different tests for assessment of language skills are translated and adopted for Bosnian (Test of pragmatic skills, Shulman, B.B.; Form for assessment of pragmatic skills, Goberis D; Test of language development – TOLD-P:4, Phyllis, L., Newcomer, Donald, D. Hammill).
  • Early Screening of Dyslexia (DEST-2), Nicolson, R, Fawcett, A., 2004, is translated and adopted in Bosnian, and validity of test was analyzed as a part of master thesis.
  • With respect of characteristics of Bosnian and results of different researches, test for screening dyslexia and dyscalculia for elementary school children was developed, and 700 participants in elementary schools all around Bosnia and Herzegovina have been assessed in two points with aim of standardization of this test in Bosnian as a part of master thesis.
  • Social Language Development Test-Elementary:Normative Update (SLDT-E:NU) Bowers L, Huisingh R, LoGiudice CM, 2016 has been translated and dopted in Bosnian and will b validated as a part of PhD thesis

Assessment tools already standardized for Croatian are purchased for the Department of Speech and Language Pathology of the University of Tuzla and are ready for use in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

  • Komunikacijske razvojne ljestvice KORALJE Kovačević M, Jelaska Z, Kuvač Kraljević J, Cepanec M, 2012
  • Peabody slikovni test rječnika PPVT/IIIDunn LM, Dunn LM, Kovačević M, Padovan N, Hržica G, Kuvač Kraljević J, Mustapić M, Dobravac G, Palmović M, 2009
  • Test razumijevanja gramatike TROG Bishop DVM, Kuvač Kraljević J, Hržica G, Kovačević M, Kologranić Belić L, 2014
  • ePOTJEH Kuvač Kraljević J u suradnji sa: Hržica G, Padovan N, Kologranić Belić L, Olujić M, Matić A, Srebačić I, Peretić M, 2017
  • Test za deficit pažnje/hiperaktivni poremećaj ADHDT Gilliam JE, 2006
  • Procjena psihomotoričkog razvoja – RPM Čuturić N, 2007
  • Nove Reynell razvojne jezične ljestvice – NRDLS-HR Reynell JM i Huntley M, 2019
  • Kratko ispitivanje mentalnog statusa – MMSE-2 M. F. Folstein, S. E. Folstein, T. White i M. A. Messer, 2011

Assessment tools in English are purchased and will be translated and adopted in Bosnian:

  • CMAT: Comprehensive Mathematical Abilities Test Hresko WP, Schlieve PL, Herron SR, Swain C, Sherbenou RJ, 2003
  • FDA-2: Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment. Second Edition Enderby P, Palmer R 2008
  • ABA-2: Apraxia Battery for Adults-Second Edition Dabul BL, 2000
  • Assessment of Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech Yorkston K, Beukelman D, Traynor C, 1984
  • LDDI: The Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory Hammill D, Bryant B, 1998
  • PLSI: Pragmatic Language Skills Inventory Gilliam JE, Miller L, 2017
  • Test of Pragmatic Language-Second Edition (TOPL-2) Phelps-Terasaki D, Phelps-Gunn T, 2007
  • Swallowing Ability and Function Evaluation SAFE Kipping P i Ross-Swain D, 2003