SLPA Interview SD UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Describe a time when you successfully provided personal assistance to a coworker or patron. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Coworker had experienced violence from client and so to give
them time to both regulate I made sure they equally in safe spaces and began to deescalate the
problem until they were able to have a conversation
Describe an effective visual display which you prepared to communicate a client's performance
information. - CORRECT ANSWER - transforming data to visually appealing charts like
pie and bar graphs to see i.e., how more accurate with a certain word/sound
Describe an experience in which you identified the educational needs of your students and
successfully developed a way to teach/train them. - CORRECT ANSWER - aaron needed
to complete science curriculum and I needed to find a way to meet those goals so I decided that
in my experience he worked best and regualted best outdoors so we moved our classroom into
nature and it resulted in him be so much more engaged in his leanring
Describe your experience assisting speech-language pathologists. What duties have you
performed? - CORRECT ANSWER - ran story boards
Difference between articulation and phono delay and disorders? - CORRECT ANSWER -
artic is at phonetic level motor based difficult saying certain sound, phono is difficulting
organizing certain sounds
Do you have any questions about the job? - CORRECT ANSWER - Whats expected
caseload? How does client confidentiality work within school district? and one school or more?
Ex of effective implementation of treatment plan? - CORRECT ANSWER - GAJO
prepositions, used creativity to master all targets
Example of excellent listening skills? - CORRECT ANSWER - in my schooling part of
research was listen to the helk speakers and its really hard beaucse theres so much pain there for
, them and you want to tell them how sorry you are and that you want to help their communities
but you need to respect their experiences and be able to be uncomfrtabl sometimes
Have you ever worked with children with behavioural challenges? What are some strategies you
have found helpful? - CORRECT ANSWER - Following through prompt hierarchy aka
'first/then,' visual cues, taking turns , using visual schedules
Providing encouragement and positive reinforcement
Find what the child is interested in and follow their lead
Ignore and redirect - Natalya example
GAJO EXAMPLE: 6 bis in 1 month
How do you assess success? - CORRECT ANSWER - Many ways, it can be as small as us
building more rapport to the child perfectly pronouncing the word 'key.' What ultimately helps
me measure success is thoroughly understanding the problems and goals of the client so that i
can notice mirco successes as well
How do you motivate a client? - CORRECT ANSWER - I do the grunt work to find out
what they like, what their reinforcers are. One client of my was particularly challenging because
her interest were always changing but eventually after a lot of trial and error I figured out that
she consistently liked dolls and so that was always in my back pocket. I also used this as an
opportunity to work on expressive language but seeing why they no longer like something and
why they love something new.
How to balance collaboration and independent thinking? - CORRECT ANSWER - Have a
conversation first and get a sense of what your colleagues/ superiors need in terms of
communication. Then maybe start by introducing ideas you have and see if that type of
thinking/creativity is encourage. You can always back off if no
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Describe a time when you successfully provided personal assistance to a coworker or patron. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Coworker had experienced violence from client and so to give
them time to both regulate I made sure they equally in safe spaces and began to deescalate the
problem until they were able to have a conversation
Describe an effective visual display which you prepared to communicate a client's performance
information. - CORRECT ANSWER - transforming data to visually appealing charts like
pie and bar graphs to see i.e., how more accurate with a certain word/sound
Describe an experience in which you identified the educational needs of your students and
successfully developed a way to teach/train them. - CORRECT ANSWER - aaron needed
to complete science curriculum and I needed to find a way to meet those goals so I decided that
in my experience he worked best and regualted best outdoors so we moved our classroom into
nature and it resulted in him be so much more engaged in his leanring
Describe your experience assisting speech-language pathologists. What duties have you
performed? - CORRECT ANSWER - ran story boards
Difference between articulation and phono delay and disorders? - CORRECT ANSWER -
artic is at phonetic level motor based difficult saying certain sound, phono is difficulting
organizing certain sounds
Do you have any questions about the job? - CORRECT ANSWER - Whats expected
caseload? How does client confidentiality work within school district? and one school or more?
Ex of effective implementation of treatment plan? - CORRECT ANSWER - GAJO
prepositions, used creativity to master all targets
Example of excellent listening skills? - CORRECT ANSWER - in my schooling part of
research was listen to the helk speakers and its really hard beaucse theres so much pain there for
, them and you want to tell them how sorry you are and that you want to help their communities
but you need to respect their experiences and be able to be uncomfrtabl sometimes
Have you ever worked with children with behavioural challenges? What are some strategies you
have found helpful? - CORRECT ANSWER - Following through prompt hierarchy aka
'first/then,' visual cues, taking turns , using visual schedules
Providing encouragement and positive reinforcement
Find what the child is interested in and follow their lead
Ignore and redirect - Natalya example
GAJO EXAMPLE: 6 bis in 1 month
How do you assess success? - CORRECT ANSWER - Many ways, it can be as small as us
building more rapport to the child perfectly pronouncing the word 'key.' What ultimately helps
me measure success is thoroughly understanding the problems and goals of the client so that i
can notice mirco successes as well
How do you motivate a client? - CORRECT ANSWER - I do the grunt work to find out
what they like, what their reinforcers are. One client of my was particularly challenging because
her interest were always changing but eventually after a lot of trial and error I figured out that
she consistently liked dolls and so that was always in my back pocket. I also used this as an
opportunity to work on expressive language but seeing why they no longer like something and
why they love something new.
How to balance collaboration and independent thinking? - CORRECT ANSWER - Have a
conversation first and get a sense of what your colleagues/ superiors need in terms of
communication. Then maybe start by introducing ideas you have and see if that type of
thinking/creativity is encourage. You can always back off if no
