ALTA CALT Exam Study Guide
1. Working memory.: Executive function subtype affecting decoding
2. Language comprehension and decoding.: Factors affecting reading compre-hension
3. Receive written consent from the adult student or from the parent or legalguardian of the
minor student.: Steps for record requests from school district
4. Learning to recognize word families (bat, cat, hat).: Linguistics-based begin-ning reading
approach
5. Synthetic and analytic instruction.: Syllable division instruction
6. Controlled reading and spelling vocabulary.: Characteristics of decodabletext
7. Essential to ensure automaticity.: Importance of repeating information
8. Isabelle Liberman.: Research on phonological awareness
9. Is replicated and longitudinal.: Scientifically based research
10. 70-80% have deficit in reading: Specific Learning Disabilities
11. The key to automatic word recognition: Rapid letter naming
12. Refers to applying the skills of analytic and synthetic learning: Decodingand encoding
13. Recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound correspondence andblending sounds into
a word: Decoding
14. Includes teaching the correct pencil grip and formation of each letter: Ef-fective
handwriting instruction
15. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: NICHD
16. Academic Language Therapy Association: ALTA
17. International Multisensory Structured Education Council: IMSLEC
18. Multisensory Structured Language: MSL
19. Shall maintain the highest standards of Integrity-clinical competence and responsibility in
their professional interaction with their students: ALTA mem-bers
20. The right of parents of a child with disabilities to receive notice of changes in the child's
education program and to pursue a hearing if there is a disagree-ment: Procedural Safeguards
21. A document that identifies a child as having a disability and delineates referral, evaluation,
special education and related services to be provided, goal/objectives, and assessment of
progress: IEP
22. Pertaining to voice recognition software that allows the speaker to speakat a
conversational pace: Continuous speech recognition
23. Difficulty with certain cognitive skills, including disorganization of time and use of
, materials and difficulty narrowing a topic: Executive function difficul-ties
24. A reading comprehension strategy: Question, Read, Recite, Review: SQ3R
25. Equipment or products used by individuals with disabilities to improvefunctioning:
Assistive technology
26. Federal legislation through which services can be provided for students with disabilities
who are performing well and who no longer need special education or related services but
instead need only reasonable accommoda-tions: Section 504
27. Free and Appropriate Education: FAPE
28. Federal law that protects the rights of people with disabilities: Americanswith Disabilities
Act (ADA)
29. A developmental stage for children ages 6 months to 6 years that includesfeatures such
as sound symbol association.: Chall's Pre-reading Stage
30. Smallest Unit of sound in a spoken word.: Phoneme
31. The linguistic knowledge that would best enable a student to understandthe word
anthropomorphic.: Morphology
32. Teaching pragmatics through oral language may positively impact a stu- dent's
understanding of implied meaning in written language.: Teaching Prag-matics
33. A group of words that contain three speech sounds, such as night throughsawed.: Three
Speech Sounds Group
34. Current research has led to the conclusion that a 'glitch' may have takenplace during fetal
development.: Developmental Dyslexia Research
35. An individual with dyslexia might experience delays in social developmentas
demonstrated by a lack of good judgment, inability to stick with a game, and erratic emotional
behavior.: Social Development Delays in Dyslexia
36. A student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion rather than fromthe printed
page.: Poor Visual Learner
37. Most students will learn and retain information better if instruction is giventhrough
multisensory strategies (VALT).: Multisensory Strategies
38. Research supports that dyslexia is a disorder that can be remediatedthrough corrective
vision.: Dyslexia Misconception
39. The type of assessment a teacher should give to a student making A's andB's but is a slow
reader due to reading difficulties.: Informal Assessment
40. The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Education Battery is an academicachievement test that is
criterion-referenced.: Criterion-Referenced Test
41. Grade equivalent scores are not a dependable representation of progress.-
: Grade Equivalent Scores
1. Working memory.: Executive function subtype affecting decoding
2. Language comprehension and decoding.: Factors affecting reading compre-hension
3. Receive written consent from the adult student or from the parent or legalguardian of the
minor student.: Steps for record requests from school district
4. Learning to recognize word families (bat, cat, hat).: Linguistics-based begin-ning reading
approach
5. Synthetic and analytic instruction.: Syllable division instruction
6. Controlled reading and spelling vocabulary.: Characteristics of decodabletext
7. Essential to ensure automaticity.: Importance of repeating information
8. Isabelle Liberman.: Research on phonological awareness
9. Is replicated and longitudinal.: Scientifically based research
10. 70-80% have deficit in reading: Specific Learning Disabilities
11. The key to automatic word recognition: Rapid letter naming
12. Refers to applying the skills of analytic and synthetic learning: Decodingand encoding
13. Recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound correspondence andblending sounds into
a word: Decoding
14. Includes teaching the correct pencil grip and formation of each letter: Ef-fective
handwriting instruction
15. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: NICHD
16. Academic Language Therapy Association: ALTA
17. International Multisensory Structured Education Council: IMSLEC
18. Multisensory Structured Language: MSL
19. Shall maintain the highest standards of Integrity-clinical competence and responsibility in
their professional interaction with their students: ALTA mem-bers
20. The right of parents of a child with disabilities to receive notice of changes in the child's
education program and to pursue a hearing if there is a disagree-ment: Procedural Safeguards
21. A document that identifies a child as having a disability and delineates referral, evaluation,
special education and related services to be provided, goal/objectives, and assessment of
progress: IEP
22. Pertaining to voice recognition software that allows the speaker to speakat a
conversational pace: Continuous speech recognition
23. Difficulty with certain cognitive skills, including disorganization of time and use of
, materials and difficulty narrowing a topic: Executive function difficul-ties
24. A reading comprehension strategy: Question, Read, Recite, Review: SQ3R
25. Equipment or products used by individuals with disabilities to improvefunctioning:
Assistive technology
26. Federal legislation through which services can be provided for students with disabilities
who are performing well and who no longer need special education or related services but
instead need only reasonable accommoda-tions: Section 504
27. Free and Appropriate Education: FAPE
28. Federal law that protects the rights of people with disabilities: Americanswith Disabilities
Act (ADA)
29. A developmental stage for children ages 6 months to 6 years that includesfeatures such
as sound symbol association.: Chall's Pre-reading Stage
30. Smallest Unit of sound in a spoken word.: Phoneme
31. The linguistic knowledge that would best enable a student to understandthe word
anthropomorphic.: Morphology
32. Teaching pragmatics through oral language may positively impact a stu- dent's
understanding of implied meaning in written language.: Teaching Prag-matics
33. A group of words that contain three speech sounds, such as night throughsawed.: Three
Speech Sounds Group
34. Current research has led to the conclusion that a 'glitch' may have takenplace during fetal
development.: Developmental Dyslexia Research
35. An individual with dyslexia might experience delays in social developmentas
demonstrated by a lack of good judgment, inability to stick with a game, and erratic emotional
behavior.: Social Development Delays in Dyslexia
36. A student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion rather than fromthe printed
page.: Poor Visual Learner
37. Most students will learn and retain information better if instruction is giventhrough
multisensory strategies (VALT).: Multisensory Strategies
38. Research supports that dyslexia is a disorder that can be remediatedthrough corrective
vision.: Dyslexia Misconception
39. The type of assessment a teacher should give to a student making A's andB's but is a slow
reader due to reading difficulties.: Informal Assessment
40. The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Education Battery is an academicachievement test that is
criterion-referenced.: Criterion-Referenced Test
41. Grade equivalent scores are not a dependable representation of progress.-
: Grade Equivalent Scores
