EESHA Matrix: Exclusive Essential Skills Hierarchy Analysis

Review of research in the area of pragmatics suggests all kinds of language disorders,dyslexics and the autism spectrum disorders demonstrate social language deficits. There are several assessments available that measure this area of communication. However, there are no tools, which differentiate social pragmatic disorders.  I came up with matrix called Exclusive Essential Skills Hierarchy Analysis (EESHA) by utilizing thirteen of the Test of Pragmatic Language Skills (TOPL-2) test items after the item analysis. The purpose of EESHA Matrix is for differential diagnosis of Autism, Asperger’s, Mixed Dyslexia, NonVerbal Learning Disability, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, AD/HD, and Social Anxiety Disorder.

Pragmatic language skills are the window to several complex developmental disorders. However, there is no test or the way to differentiate. These diorders usually share most of the clinical features of pragmatic-language skills, hence, a high probability of misdiagnosis. 

EESHA development:

TOPL-2, CELF-4 Pragmatic Profile and CASL Pragmatic judgment subtest items were compared and selected 45 common skill areas. These areas were analyzed using the responses from TOPL-2 test. Eliminated varied skills and came up with the essential exclusive social skills hierarchy analysis (EESHA) matrix. It will give the probability of presence of above mentioned disorders, visual and auditory processing ability, working memory or other memory related deficits and predicts academic performance.

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