CHAPTER 8
Multiple Choice
1. When working with a child who is severely disabled and nonverbal, one of the first steps in designing a
communication training program is
a. Assessing speech production skills
b. Teaching receptive vocabulary
c. Identifying high-preference items and activities
d. Identifying specific target responses to be trained
2. Which of the following is probably not a necessary condition for the normal development of communication
skills?
a. Intact central nervous system
b. Development of normal gross motor skills
c. Normal cognitive skills
d. Adequate hearing
3. Speech and language
a. Develop systematically beginning with the birth cry
b. Begin to develop at about 6 months
c. Begin to develop at about 18 months
d. Develop in different ways in different cultures
4. Pragmatics can be defined as
a. The rules for word order in language
b. The sounds of the language
c. The social skills of language
d. The rules for correct grammar
5. Another word for content in language is
a. Phonology
b. Semantics
c. Syntax
d. Morphology
6. The child who is most likely to have concept and vocabulary affected is a child who has a disability of
a. Hearing loss
b. Visual impairment
c. Cognitive impairment
d. Autism
7. An example of a low-tech device or system would be
a. Photo book
b. Computer keyboard
c. Software program
d. Switch-activated toy
8. Children with autism often handle information more easily through which method of presentation?
a. Auditory/verbal
b. Visual/graphic
c. Auditory repetition
d. Lip reading
9. Young children should be encouraged to learn language for many purposes or “functions.” Not included in
functional language use is
a. Reciting the alphabet
b. Making requests
c. Obtaining social interaction
d. Gaining and giving information
10. Learning correct word order is an aspect of
a. Phonology
b. Morphology
c. Semantics
d. Syntax
True-False
1. An augmentative communication system should only be used when it appears that a child will not learn to
speak.
2. Being surrounded by more than one language is detrimental to young children.
3. When a child begins an AAC system, he or she should start with the most high-tech equipment that is likely to
be needed.
4. Children develop “narrative” skills at about 2.
5. Communication and language are complex skills that are best understood with a context of social interaction.
6. Between the ages of 2 and 4 years, it is normal for children to display intermittent dysfluency.
7. Teaching nonspeech communication, like sign, interferes with learning speech.
8. A significant advantage of the PECS system is that is requires social interaction.
9. The professional responsibility for testing hearing in order to make sure that a child receives the most from his
residual hearing is an audiologist.
10. Pragmatic language includes nonverbal as well as verbal behaviors.
Short Answer
1. Describe how infants intentionally communicate before their first words appear.
2. Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of teaching a child with a hearing loss sign language.
3. What is meant by residual hearing?
4. Compare and contrast semantics and syntax.
5. How would you go about developing communication skills with a child who has disabilities and is a reluctant
talker? List 3 specific strategies.
6. Discuss 2 characteristics that can interfere with the production of speech.
7. Give three examples of how you can respond back to a child by expanding the phrase, “daddy work.”
8. Briefly describe what would you say to a parent who has a child with a disability who asks, “Should I stop
speaking my home language with my child and switch only to English?”
9. Briefly describe the stages of second language learning.
10. Discuss 3 communication strategies that a parent can use while the parent changes his daughter’s diaper.
Comprehensive Essay
1. Identify and explain three problems a child with a mild hearing loss can be expected to have in language
learning.
2. Describe intentional teaching strategies that will provide developmentally appropriate feedback to children
who are learning English.
3. As a classroom teacher, identify four general strategies that you would use to facilitate communication with
children with disabilities in your class.
4. Explain how “verbal routines” can be used to facilitate language learning in the classroom. Give a concrete
example of a classroom routine, giving five steps to the routine and providing examples of language
facilitation at each step.
5. How would you identify high-preference items in a child with severe disabilities who is nonverbal?
6. Identify and describe four communication interaction strategies that caregivers and professionals should use
in response to the infant’s or toddler’s interest and attention.
7. Defend the argument of someone in the deaf community that they are members of a different culture.
8. What are three reasons for a child to have intermittent hearing loss?
9. Explain the collaborative consultation model for classroom teacher and speech-language pathologist. How
does it differ from the more traditional expert model?
10. Identify what is meant by the three aspects of language as content, form, and use. Give a concrete example of
each.
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