When evaluating a communication app, all the following issues should be considered
except
a. How the icons can be modified to enhance it’s use with the AAC user
b. Ability of the app to be used in a PECS intervention
c. The timing adjustments that can be made
d. The prosodic features of the speech output
e. All are typically considered when evaluating the app
Children who do not add “ing” to words may need intervention at this Subdomain.
a. Subdomain 1: Early Pragmatics
b. Subdomain 2: Vocabulary
c. Subdomain 3: Early Word Combinations
d. Subdomain 4: Morphosyntax
e. Subdomain 5: Discourse
It is likely that the routines-based interview will
a. Provide a rich description of family interactions
b. Provide a raw score that can be used to identify if the child has a language
impairment
c. Help place the child on the bell-shaped curve
d. Qualify the child for intervention services
e. All of the above
An assessment specifically designed for children with hearing loss is
a. The MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory.
b. The Cottage Acquisition Scales for Listening, Language, and Speech (CASLLS).
c. The Ling Six Sound Test.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires all of the following EXCEPT:
a. the development of an individualized education plan
b. a free, appropriate public education
c. a formal evaluation administered by an SLP
d. placement in the regular education classroom with age appropriate peers
e. All our required by IDEA
Instructions or stimuli used to elicit an initial response include:
a. Prompts
b. Shaping
c. Fading
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above
A child scores very well on my test of vocabulary, but the child’s teacher indicates he is
struggling with vocabulary learning in the classroom. This situation suggests that the
test has:
a. poor validity
b. poor reliability
c. poor validity and reliability
d. poor age-equivalency
Breaking down a complex task into a series of linked steps (i.e., “chaining) is reflective
of which theory?
a. Emergentist theory
b. Social interactionist theory
c. Cognitive constructivist theory
d. Behaviorist theory
e. Nativist theory
A clinical application of Social Interactionist Theory is when
a. Practitioners observe children’s play behaviors to gauge children’s general cognitive
ability and level of representational thought.
b. Practitioners use drill-and-practice activities within intervention sessions.
c. Practitioners encourage parents and other caregivers to reinforce intervention
activities.
d. Practitioners focus on building linkages between letter names and letter sounds.
Children within which of the following ID subtypes demonstrate a surprising ability to
learn to read given their cognitive ability?
a. Down syndrome.
b. Asperger syndrome.
c. Fragile X syndrome.
d. Williams syndrome.
Level one of the interactive-to-independent model (I-to-I) of literacy intervention
focuses on
a. Balance and turn taking in literacy interactions.
b. Conventional literacy supported by social interactions.
c. Symbolic understanding of written forms.
d. Conventional literacy at the independent level.
e. Attention and responsiveness during literacy interactions.