SLPA Exam question with answers
Who monitors the job responsibilities of the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant? -
-supervising SLP
-Which of the following is responsible for registering an SLP-Assistant on the license
of a Speech-Language Pathologist in North Carolina? - -North Carolina Board of
Examiners for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
-An SLP-Assistant may administer a speech-language screening provided that it
meets all the following criteria except for: - -administration time must be under 15
minutes
-The primary supervising licensee must assess the Assistant's competencies during
the initial __________ days of employment using a checklist approved by the Board of
Examiners. - -60
-5. A full-time (30 hours per week) licensee may register to be a primary supervisor
of no more than how many assistants at one time? - -2
-A licensee who registers an SLP-Assistant must have held a permanent license in
North Carolina or equivalent qualifications from another state, for how many years?
- -2
-All the following are considered direct patient services except: - -organizing and
managing patient data and records
-All the following are considered indirect patient services except: -
-tabulating/scoring screening results
-All the following are ways for an SLP-Assistant to establish a collaborative
relationship with other professionals except: - -refer a client to other services when
you see the need
-ASHA guidelines and NC law have the following requirements regarding the
treatment protocol and what is on it except for: - -patient's signature
-The written session protocol should contain all the following except: - -signature of
the patient/client
-The principal of the school you are working in asks you to begin treating a client.
Your supervisor has evaluated the client, but a written protocol hasn't been
provided by your supervising SLP. You should: - -inform your supervising SLP
-When an SLP-Assistant will be providing services for a client, the patient or family:
- -must be notified in writing
-You are working as an SLP-Assistant at a new facility. The SLP has notified the
parents via a phone call that you will be providing speech-language therapy
, services. Should you: - -Make sure the parents have been informed in writing and
the form is kept in the client's file.
-Your new facility is making you a name badge to wear. Upon receiving it, you
notice it has your name and it says "speech therapy". What should you do? - -Ask
the facility to re-print the badge with "SLP-Assistant"
-Your primary supervisor is away on vacation in Australia. This isn't a problem
because you have a secondary supervisor at a nearby school. You have caught up
on all the sessions for your supervisor's clients and have some extra time on your
hands. The principal at the nearby school has called and asked for you to come to
that school to help complete some speech-language therapy sessions because the
SLP is out with the flu. Which is the BEST response? - -Politely tell the principal that
you would love to help, but it isn't within your scope of responsibilities to see clients
on another SLP's caseload.
-Your primary supervisor (and only supervisor) has to leave town on an emergency,
and she is about 2 hours away. What should you do? - -Attempt to speak with your
supervisor via phone in order to clarify questions you have regarding some of the
goals and then complete the therapy sessions scheduled for later in the day.
-What are eliciting conditions? - -Anything that occurs prior to the target behavior
-Your supervisor provides you with a treatment protocol in which the client was
working on correctly producing /k/, /g/, /f/, and /v/ in isolation, syllables, and words.
It is stated on the protocol that you should use flashcards, worksheets, and games
to target this goal. She also wants you to give positive reinforcement when the
client produces the sounds correctly and use moderate verbal and visual cueing for
incorrect productions. Approximately, 6 months later your supervisor provides you
with a new treatment protocol. The client is now working on /k/, /g/, /f/, and /v/ in
sentences and structured conversation. It still states to use flashcards, worksheets,
and games. She still wants you to give positive reinforcement when the client
produces the sounds correctly and use minimum verbal cueing for incorrect
production. What changed on the protocol? - -Both the behavior and the
consequence
-You have given over 2 dozen screenings using the CELF-4 and the PLS-4. However,
your school system didn't purchase the updated CELF-5 or the PLS-5, and your
supervisor wants you to complete a speech-language screening on a client using
the screening tool that was developed by some of the SLP's in the school system.
Your SLP should ensure all the following EXCEPT prior to you administering the
screening tool? - -Sufficient initial training which includes observed administration
no fewer than 3 times
-Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - -- Measures the receptive vocabulary of children
and adults
- Intended to use the examinee's receptive vocabulary to give an estimation of the
examinee's verbal intelligence at the single-word level
Who monitors the job responsibilities of the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant? -
-supervising SLP
-Which of the following is responsible for registering an SLP-Assistant on the license
of a Speech-Language Pathologist in North Carolina? - -North Carolina Board of
Examiners for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
-An SLP-Assistant may administer a speech-language screening provided that it
meets all the following criteria except for: - -administration time must be under 15
minutes
-The primary supervising licensee must assess the Assistant's competencies during
the initial __________ days of employment using a checklist approved by the Board of
Examiners. - -60
-5. A full-time (30 hours per week) licensee may register to be a primary supervisor
of no more than how many assistants at one time? - -2
-A licensee who registers an SLP-Assistant must have held a permanent license in
North Carolina or equivalent qualifications from another state, for how many years?
- -2
-All the following are considered direct patient services except: - -organizing and
managing patient data and records
-All the following are considered indirect patient services except: -
-tabulating/scoring screening results
-All the following are ways for an SLP-Assistant to establish a collaborative
relationship with other professionals except: - -refer a client to other services when
you see the need
-ASHA guidelines and NC law have the following requirements regarding the
treatment protocol and what is on it except for: - -patient's signature
-The written session protocol should contain all the following except: - -signature of
the patient/client
-The principal of the school you are working in asks you to begin treating a client.
Your supervisor has evaluated the client, but a written protocol hasn't been
provided by your supervising SLP. You should: - -inform your supervising SLP
-When an SLP-Assistant will be providing services for a client, the patient or family:
- -must be notified in writing
-You are working as an SLP-Assistant at a new facility. The SLP has notified the
parents via a phone call that you will be providing speech-language therapy
, services. Should you: - -Make sure the parents have been informed in writing and
the form is kept in the client's file.
-Your new facility is making you a name badge to wear. Upon receiving it, you
notice it has your name and it says "speech therapy". What should you do? - -Ask
the facility to re-print the badge with "SLP-Assistant"
-Your primary supervisor is away on vacation in Australia. This isn't a problem
because you have a secondary supervisor at a nearby school. You have caught up
on all the sessions for your supervisor's clients and have some extra time on your
hands. The principal at the nearby school has called and asked for you to come to
that school to help complete some speech-language therapy sessions because the
SLP is out with the flu. Which is the BEST response? - -Politely tell the principal that
you would love to help, but it isn't within your scope of responsibilities to see clients
on another SLP's caseload.
-Your primary supervisor (and only supervisor) has to leave town on an emergency,
and she is about 2 hours away. What should you do? - -Attempt to speak with your
supervisor via phone in order to clarify questions you have regarding some of the
goals and then complete the therapy sessions scheduled for later in the day.
-What are eliciting conditions? - -Anything that occurs prior to the target behavior
-Your supervisor provides you with a treatment protocol in which the client was
working on correctly producing /k/, /g/, /f/, and /v/ in isolation, syllables, and words.
It is stated on the protocol that you should use flashcards, worksheets, and games
to target this goal. She also wants you to give positive reinforcement when the
client produces the sounds correctly and use moderate verbal and visual cueing for
incorrect productions. Approximately, 6 months later your supervisor provides you
with a new treatment protocol. The client is now working on /k/, /g/, /f/, and /v/ in
sentences and structured conversation. It still states to use flashcards, worksheets,
and games. She still wants you to give positive reinforcement when the client
produces the sounds correctly and use minimum verbal cueing for incorrect
production. What changed on the protocol? - -Both the behavior and the
consequence
-You have given over 2 dozen screenings using the CELF-4 and the PLS-4. However,
your school system didn't purchase the updated CELF-5 or the PLS-5, and your
supervisor wants you to complete a speech-language screening on a client using
the screening tool that was developed by some of the SLP's in the school system.
Your SLP should ensure all the following EXCEPT prior to you administering the
screening tool? - -Sufficient initial training which includes observed administration
no fewer than 3 times
-Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - -- Measures the receptive vocabulary of children
and adults
- Intended to use the examinee's receptive vocabulary to give an estimation of the
examinee's verbal intelligence at the single-word level
