INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION
DISORDERS A LIFESPAN EVIDENCE BASED
PERSPECTIVE EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● Speech-language Pathologists (SLPs)
Answer: SLPs are professionals who provide an assortment of services
that relate to communicative disorders.
The distinguishing role of the SLP is to
1.Identify 2.Assess 3.Treat 4.Preventative measures in communication
disorders in all modalities (including spoken, written, pictorial, and
manual) both receptively and expressively. 5. Advocacy 6. Research
This includes attention to physical, cognitive, and social aspects of
communication.
They also provided services for disorders of swallowing and may work
with individuals who choose to modify a regional dialect (vocal coach,
accent reduction).
●● Credentials for SLPs
,Answer: 1.At the very least have a Master's or doctoral degree in CSD
(communication sciences and disorders).
2. Public school certification
3. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) issues a
Certificate of Clinical competence in Speech-language Pathology (CCC-
SLP)
4. Individual states have licensure laws for SLPs
5. On-going and continual education (CEU)
And have studied:
-typical communication and swallowing development
-anatomy and physiology of the speech, swallowing and hearing
mechanisms
-phonetics; speech and hearing science
-disorders of speech, language and swallowing.
●● Collaboration and a Team Approach
Answer: Specialist in communication disorders work closely with family
members, regular and special educators, psychologists, social workers,
doctors and other medical personnel, occupational, physical, and music
therapists.
●● Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
Answer: "Evidence-based medicine is the integration of best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient values."
,The goal of EBP is integration:
a).Clinical expertise/expert opinion
b).External scientific evidence
c).Client/patient/caregiver perspectives to provide high-quality services
reflecting the interests, values, needs, and choices of the individuals we
serve.
Clinicians need to be able to intelligently use relevant research findings
in their practice.
Continually seeks new therapeutic information to decide on the most
efficacious intervention.
SLPs require lifelong learning
●● CSD
Answer: communicative sciences and disorders
●● ASHA Mission
Answer: Vision: Making effective communication, a human right,
accessible and achievable for all.
Mission: Empowering and supporting audiologists, speech-language
pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists through:
, advancing science, setting standards, fostering excellence in professional
practice, and
advocating for members and those they serve.
ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing
association for more than 166,000 members and affiliates who are
audiologists, speech-language pathologists, speech, language, and
hearing scientists, audiology and speech-language pathology support
personnel, and students. Audiologists specialize in preventing and
assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiology
treatment, including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify,
assess, and treat speech and language problems, including swallowing
disorders.
●● Ethical standards
Answer: 1) the welfare of the persons served by communication
disorders specialist is paramount
2) each professional must achieve and maintain the highest level of
professional competence. clinicians should provide service only within
their own areas of competence. Continual education.
3) Professionals must promote understanding and provide accurate
information in statements to the public.
4) Professionals are responsible for assuring that ethical standards are
maintained by themselves, colleagues, students, and members of allied
professions.
DISORDERS A LIFESPAN EVIDENCE BASED
PERSPECTIVE EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● Speech-language Pathologists (SLPs)
Answer: SLPs are professionals who provide an assortment of services
that relate to communicative disorders.
The distinguishing role of the SLP is to
1.Identify 2.Assess 3.Treat 4.Preventative measures in communication
disorders in all modalities (including spoken, written, pictorial, and
manual) both receptively and expressively. 5. Advocacy 6. Research
This includes attention to physical, cognitive, and social aspects of
communication.
They also provided services for disorders of swallowing and may work
with individuals who choose to modify a regional dialect (vocal coach,
accent reduction).
●● Credentials for SLPs
,Answer: 1.At the very least have a Master's or doctoral degree in CSD
(communication sciences and disorders).
2. Public school certification
3. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) issues a
Certificate of Clinical competence in Speech-language Pathology (CCC-
SLP)
4. Individual states have licensure laws for SLPs
5. On-going and continual education (CEU)
And have studied:
-typical communication and swallowing development
-anatomy and physiology of the speech, swallowing and hearing
mechanisms
-phonetics; speech and hearing science
-disorders of speech, language and swallowing.
●● Collaboration and a Team Approach
Answer: Specialist in communication disorders work closely with family
members, regular and special educators, psychologists, social workers,
doctors and other medical personnel, occupational, physical, and music
therapists.
●● Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
Answer: "Evidence-based medicine is the integration of best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient values."
,The goal of EBP is integration:
a).Clinical expertise/expert opinion
b).External scientific evidence
c).Client/patient/caregiver perspectives to provide high-quality services
reflecting the interests, values, needs, and choices of the individuals we
serve.
Clinicians need to be able to intelligently use relevant research findings
in their practice.
Continually seeks new therapeutic information to decide on the most
efficacious intervention.
SLPs require lifelong learning
●● CSD
Answer: communicative sciences and disorders
●● ASHA Mission
Answer: Vision: Making effective communication, a human right,
accessible and achievable for all.
Mission: Empowering and supporting audiologists, speech-language
pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists through:
, advancing science, setting standards, fostering excellence in professional
practice, and
advocating for members and those they serve.
ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing
association for more than 166,000 members and affiliates who are
audiologists, speech-language pathologists, speech, language, and
hearing scientists, audiology and speech-language pathology support
personnel, and students. Audiologists specialize in preventing and
assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiology
treatment, including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify,
assess, and treat speech and language problems, including swallowing
disorders.
●● Ethical standards
Answer: 1) the welfare of the persons served by communication
disorders specialist is paramount
2) each professional must achieve and maintain the highest level of
professional competence. clinicians should provide service only within
their own areas of competence. Continual education.
3) Professionals must promote understanding and provide accurate
information in statements to the public.
4) Professionals are responsible for assuring that ethical standards are
maintained by themselves, colleagues, students, and members of allied
professions.
