Connected Discourse Tracking CDT

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Connected Discourse Tracking (CDT)

• Mark C. Flynn, PhD
• Dept of Speech Language Therapy

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Overview

• Developed by DeFilippo Scott (1978)
• For both training and evaluating the reception of
  connected discourse.
• Identification procedure the partner speaks a
  portion of text material, the client repeats
  whatever part of the message has been received,
  and the partner clarifies as necessary to ensure
  correct message reception.

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Overview

• The segment length depends on
• what is logical
• Rs memory
• what T considers will ensure Rs success
• Does not assess comprehension
• Qualified in words per minute (wpm)

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Factors that may influence communication rate

• Material (vocabulary, language, complexity,
  style)
• Ts speech rate, language sense, sensitivity to
  Rs needs, ability to be flexible and demanding
• Rs communication skills, flexibility, tolerance,
  speed of response (confidence), intelligibility
  of speech.

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Issues

• Verbatim response
• Failsafe procedures
• Limiting correction time
• Talker learning
• Task Learning
• Material selection
• Age-related factors
• Scoring

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Tracking in Intervention

• T only allowed to offer help that was suggested
  by R
• develop clients skill of using repair strategies
• Demonstrate clarification strategies, discuss or
  select from a list

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• Erber (1996) recommends that if the client still
  cannot identify a word or phrase after three
  attempts, then that part of the message is
  bypassed. Notes are taken for discussion later.
• Often calculated as the amount of text that can
  be read in 20 minutes.
• Useful if you remember the problems.

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