Children with semantic-pragmatic language disorders often have difficulty learning
deictic words because such terms
A. require an understanding of indirect directives
B. take the perspective of the communication partner
C. refer to object permanence
D. have many alternate forms
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Option (B) is correct. Deictic terms are words whose meaning shifts
depending on the point of view of the speaker; difficulties with such terms
is a core feature of semantic-pragmatic language disorders.
Over the past six weeks, the general education teacher implemented evidence-based
classroom and teaching modifications for a student struggling in a language arts
class. Careful observation has not shown an increase in the student's performance.
,The teacher informs the student's parents of plans to refer the student to the speech-
language pathologist at school. The teacher then makes an official referral to the local
educational agency. Which of the following choices is the maximum time allowed by
IDEA from the official referral for eligibility determination to completion of the
evaluation?
A. 14 days
B. 30 days
C. 60 days
D. 120 days
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Option (C) is correct. The official referral begins the formal process of
determining eligibility for special education services. Once a referral is
provided, the school must obtain consent from the parent(s) or legal
guardian(s) to begin the evaluation phase of the referral process. IDEA
requires that students referred for special education services receive an
evaluation within 60 days of the referral date.
A 65-year-old patient is transferred from another facility with a diagnosis of aphasia.
The patient's symptoms, however, appear more consistent with apraxia. Which of the
following tasks for the patient is most appropriate when assessing verbal apraxia of
speech?
A. Repeating words of increasing length
B. Recalling three common items
C. Performing voluntary oral movements
D. Following two-step commands
Give this one a try later!
Option (A) is correct. Inability to repeat two-syllable words is a clear
indicator of apraxia of speech.
,An SLP works with a patient who has severe dysphagia. The patient is on a pureed diet
and honey-thick liquids. During treatment, the patient becomes tearful and expresses
frustration. The patient says, "I feel like I'm not making any progress and I'm never
going to eat normal food again. I hate this diet, and I hate doing therapy. I just want to
give up." The SLP responds by saying, "What you're feeling is normal, and I
understand. You're doing everything you can right now to get better, and giving up
isn't the answer." The SLP reaches across the table and places a comforting hand on
the patient's arm and has a caring facial expression.
Which of the following principles of counseling is the SLP primarily demonstrating?
A. Showing congruence
B. Having unconditional positive regard
C. Offering the patient sympathy
D. Providing emotional support
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Option (A) is correct. The SLP is demonstrating congruence by using words
and body language that match.
Compensatory swallowing maneuvers and interventions are designed to mitigate a
biomechanical impairment during the swallow; however, some of them have
unintended consequences that have been documented in scientific literature. Which
of the following swallow maneuvers has been found to produce cardiac arrhythmia
(irregular heartbeat) in patients with stroke or cardiovascular diseases?
A. Mendelsohn maneuver
B. Chin-down posture
C. Supraglottic swallow maneuver
D. Head rotation toward the weak side
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, Option (C) is correct. Chaudhuri et al. (2002) found that 86 percent of
people with history of stroke and/or cardiovascular disease developed
cardiac arrhythmias while performing the supraglottic or super-supraglottic
swallow, including supraventricular tachycardia and premature atrial and/or
ventricular contractions.
An SLP administers a language test to all kindergarten children in a particular school
and finds that 40 percent fall below the tenth percentile of the normative sample.
Which of the following is the most reasonable interpretation of this finding?
A. Forty percent of the kindergarten children in the school have language disorders.
B. The school's kindergarten population differs from the standardization population in
the language skills measured.
C. The SLP administered the test incorrectly.
D. The standardization population is not representative of the nation as a whole.
Give this one a try later!
Option (B) is correct. If disparities exist between examinees and the norm
group in terms of skills and experiences, the conclusions based on the
examinees' test performance may be misleading.
A 3-year-old child was seen at the speech-and-language clinic for a speech
assessment to address teacher and parent concerns about speech intelligibility.
During the initial interview and observation, the SLP noted that the child exhibited
inconsistent errors of vowel and consonant production during repetitive speech tasks,
inappropriate prosody, and prolongations of speech sounds. The SLP chooses an
assessment to determine the presence of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS).
Which of the following procedures is most appropriate for this type of assessment?
A. Analyzing place, manner, and voicing of all consonant sounds at the word level
B. Evaluating fluency of speech during structured and unstructured conversational
deictic words because such terms
A. require an understanding of indirect directives
B. take the perspective of the communication partner
C. refer to object permanence
D. have many alternate forms
Give this one a try later!
Option (B) is correct. Deictic terms are words whose meaning shifts
depending on the point of view of the speaker; difficulties with such terms
is a core feature of semantic-pragmatic language disorders.
Over the past six weeks, the general education teacher implemented evidence-based
classroom and teaching modifications for a student struggling in a language arts
class. Careful observation has not shown an increase in the student's performance.
,The teacher informs the student's parents of plans to refer the student to the speech-
language pathologist at school. The teacher then makes an official referral to the local
educational agency. Which of the following choices is the maximum time allowed by
IDEA from the official referral for eligibility determination to completion of the
evaluation?
A. 14 days
B. 30 days
C. 60 days
D. 120 days
Give this one a try later!
Option (C) is correct. The official referral begins the formal process of
determining eligibility for special education services. Once a referral is
provided, the school must obtain consent from the parent(s) or legal
guardian(s) to begin the evaluation phase of the referral process. IDEA
requires that students referred for special education services receive an
evaluation within 60 days of the referral date.
A 65-year-old patient is transferred from another facility with a diagnosis of aphasia.
The patient's symptoms, however, appear more consistent with apraxia. Which of the
following tasks for the patient is most appropriate when assessing verbal apraxia of
speech?
A. Repeating words of increasing length
B. Recalling three common items
C. Performing voluntary oral movements
D. Following two-step commands
Give this one a try later!
Option (A) is correct. Inability to repeat two-syllable words is a clear
indicator of apraxia of speech.
,An SLP works with a patient who has severe dysphagia. The patient is on a pureed diet
and honey-thick liquids. During treatment, the patient becomes tearful and expresses
frustration. The patient says, "I feel like I'm not making any progress and I'm never
going to eat normal food again. I hate this diet, and I hate doing therapy. I just want to
give up." The SLP responds by saying, "What you're feeling is normal, and I
understand. You're doing everything you can right now to get better, and giving up
isn't the answer." The SLP reaches across the table and places a comforting hand on
the patient's arm and has a caring facial expression.
Which of the following principles of counseling is the SLP primarily demonstrating?
A. Showing congruence
B. Having unconditional positive regard
C. Offering the patient sympathy
D. Providing emotional support
Give this one a try later!
Option (A) is correct. The SLP is demonstrating congruence by using words
and body language that match.
Compensatory swallowing maneuvers and interventions are designed to mitigate a
biomechanical impairment during the swallow; however, some of them have
unintended consequences that have been documented in scientific literature. Which
of the following swallow maneuvers has been found to produce cardiac arrhythmia
(irregular heartbeat) in patients with stroke or cardiovascular diseases?
A. Mendelsohn maneuver
B. Chin-down posture
C. Supraglottic swallow maneuver
D. Head rotation toward the weak side
Give this one a try later!
, Option (C) is correct. Chaudhuri et al. (2002) found that 86 percent of
people with history of stroke and/or cardiovascular disease developed
cardiac arrhythmias while performing the supraglottic or super-supraglottic
swallow, including supraventricular tachycardia and premature atrial and/or
ventricular contractions.
An SLP administers a language test to all kindergarten children in a particular school
and finds that 40 percent fall below the tenth percentile of the normative sample.
Which of the following is the most reasonable interpretation of this finding?
A. Forty percent of the kindergarten children in the school have language disorders.
B. The school's kindergarten population differs from the standardization population in
the language skills measured.
C. The SLP administered the test incorrectly.
D. The standardization population is not representative of the nation as a whole.
Give this one a try later!
Option (B) is correct. If disparities exist between examinees and the norm
group in terms of skills and experiences, the conclusions based on the
examinees' test performance may be misleading.
A 3-year-old child was seen at the speech-and-language clinic for a speech
assessment to address teacher and parent concerns about speech intelligibility.
During the initial interview and observation, the SLP noted that the child exhibited
inconsistent errors of vowel and consonant production during repetitive speech tasks,
inappropriate prosody, and prolongations of speech sounds. The SLP chooses an
assessment to determine the presence of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS).
Which of the following procedures is most appropriate for this type of assessment?
A. Analyzing place, manner, and voicing of all consonant sounds at the word level
B. Evaluating fluency of speech during structured and unstructured conversational
