SLPA NC BOARD EXAM MOCK QUESTIONS & answers 2023 verified

SLPA NC BOARD EXAM MOCK QUESTIONS & answers 2023 verifiedWhat are the 5 Objectives of Intervention? - correct answer 1. Client should ahow improvement not just in a clincial setting; Progress should be generalized to real-world environments. 2. Should be automatic 3. Should be self-monitered 4. Shoul make optimum progress in minimum amount of time 5. Interventionshould be sensitive to personal and cultural characteristics. What is a treatment protocol? - correct answer Written guideline that specifies therapy frequency, duration, and type of service. Also has goals, skilled interventions, antecedents, cues/prompts, and consequences used during the session. As an SLPA, why is it important to be culturally competent? - correct answer As an SLPA, you are able to treat the client to the best of your ability, while being sensitive to any cultural differences that you may have to adapt to in order to treat the client properly. What are the different levels of cueing and what do they include? - correct answer 1. Model- show child exactly what to do 2. Verbal Model- tell child exactly what to do 3. Tactile Model- use touch to help the child 4. Verbal Prompt- start to say what the child is supposed to say 5. Verbal Re-Cue- repeat your verbal cues, expanding on it as needed 6. Verbal Cue- tell the child what to do, ex. "Find the ball" 7. Visual Cue- use visual support to cue "pictures" 8. Gestural Cue- use gestures to help the child 9. Independent- no help given What is Apraxia? - correct answer Acquired oral motor speech disorder affecting an individual's ability to translate conscious speech pairs into motor plans, which results in limited difficult speech ability. What are the components of a SOAP Note? - correct answer (S): subjective- data that includes the concerns of the family member(s) or individual and subjective observations by the SLP/SLPA (O): objective- data includes specific clinical findings, test results, and a summary of the data collected during the therapy session (A): assessment- compares the client's performance across sessions (P): plan- states the course of action to be followed What is Baseline Data? - correct answer Data before intervention starts What is a phonological disorder? - correct answer Speech sound disorder that focuses on predictable rule based on errors such as fronting, stopping, and final consonant deletion. What is the difference between extension and expansion? - correct answer Extension- add more information to the child's utterances. Expansion- keep the child's word order the same we just expand it slightly to make the utterances grammatically correct. What is the difference between communication and language? - correct answer Communication- exchange of ideas, information or messages from one person to another. Language- how we express what we think or how we feel. What are some non linguistic cues? - correct answer Gestures, body posture, facial expressions, eye contact, head and body movement, physical distance (proxemics) What are a few compensatory strategies used for stuttering (disfluent speech)? - correct answer 1. Sliding or pullouts 2. Relaxing the stutter 3. Catching the stutter 4. Intentional stuttering 5. Easy stuttering/fluent stuttering 6. Bouncing 7. Cancellation 8. Preparatory set 9. Light contact 10. Slower speech rates 11. Relaxed breath patterns 12. Slow/stretched speech 13. Easy onset 14. Pausing and chunking What is an articulation disorder? - correct answer Difficulty in the production of individual speech sounds What is an language disorder? - correct answer Difficulty in comprehension, speaking, writing, and other forms of language. Define a fluency disorder - correct answer "Bumpy speech" characterized by non-smooth and interrupted speech What is the purpose of communication? - correct answer Processing and passing of messages between sender and receiver effectively What 4 systems do we need for speech? - correct answer 1. Respiratory 2. Phonatory 3. Articulatory 4. Nervous system Why is dialect important? - correct answer Depending on the client's dialect is how they will pronounce or have certain names for certain things