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Q: What is a predictor of and essential skill for language in children with ASD?
ANSWER ✔✔ Joint attention
Q: An interventionist looks to an interesting object while playing with a young
child with ASD. When the child fails to look, she then points to the object and says,
"look!" What aspect of social communication is the interventionist attempting to
elicit from the child?
ANSWER ✔✔ Response to joint attention
Q: According to ASHA guidelines, ASD can reliably be diagnosed by experienced
and knowledgeable diagnosticians as early as:
ANSWER ✔✔ 24 months
Q: What characteristics are often associated with autism according to the IDEA
definition?
ANSWER ✔✔ Engagement in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements,
resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines, and unusual
responses to sensory experiences
, Q: What intervention program begins with teaching a child to exchange a picture
of a desired item with a therapist, teacher, parent, etc., who will immediately
honor the request?
ANSWER ✔✔ PECS
Q: What are the pivotal behaviors in PRT (Pivotal Response Training)?
ANSWER ✔✔ Motivation and responsivity
Q: Which of the following is not a role of a speech-language pathologist (SLP)
working with individuals with ASD?
ANSWER ✔✔ Providing individuals with exercises to improve posture in order to
ensure optimal positioning during speech therapy
Q: Regarding intervention, which is NOT part of the SLP's role in treating ASD?
ANSWER ✔✔ SLP should advise the family on certain doctors to consult
regarding new treatment methods for their children with ASD
Q: What best describes the roles and responsibilities of an SLP who is serving a
child and their family with autism?
ANSWER ✔✔ Screening, diagnosis as part of a diagnostic team, assessment,
intervention, work with families, professional development, research, and
advocacy
Q: When is the SLP authorized to diagnose ASD?
ANSWER ✔✔ When they have been trained in the reliable and valid use of
diagnostic and assessment tools as well as in the clinical criteria for ASD