SLPA Interview UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What type of formal training have you received in order to become a SLPA? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Associate's Degree in Speech Language Pathology Assistance from Orange
Coast College in Costa Mesa. Courses included early childhood education, an introduction to
communication disorders, phonetics, patient care including HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance,
linguistics, and 2 semester internships.
Three courses transferred to CSU Fullerton towards fulfillment of Postbacc certification in
communicative disorders, which I begin this fall.
What do you do if a parent asks for a child's PHI? - CORRECT ANSWER - Refer them to
the SLP.
PHI - CORRECT ANSWER - Protected Health Information. Includes:
1. Names
2. All geographical identifiers smaller than a state, except for the initial three digits of a zip code
if, according to the current publicly available data from the Bureau of the Census: the geographic
unit formed by combining all zip codes with the same three initial digits contains more than
20,000 people; and the initial three digits of a zip code for all such geographic units containing
20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000
3. Dates (other than year) directly related to an individual
4. Phone numbers
5. Fax numbers
6. Email addresses
7. Social Security numbers
8. Medical record numbers
9. Health insurance beneficiary numbers
10. Account numbers
, 11. Certificate/license numbers
12. Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers;
13. Device identifiers and serial numbers;
14. Web Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
15. Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers
16. Biometric identifiers, including finger, retinal and voice prints
17. Full face photographic images and any comparable images
18. Any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code except the unique code assigned
by the investigator to code the data
What types of disorders/populations have you worked with? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Ages 3-12, primarily autism, artic disorders, phonological disorders, and apraxia.
What are your duties as a SLPA? - CORRECT ANSWER - Self-identify as SLPAs to
families, students, patients, clients, staff, and others. This may be done verbally, in writing,
and/or with titles on name badges.
Exhibit compliance with The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations, reimbursement requirements,
and SLPAs' responsibilities.
Assist the SLP with speech, language, and hearing screenings without clinical interpretation.
Assist the SLP during assessment of students, patients, and clients, including, but not limited to,
assisting with formal documentation, preparing materials, and performing clerical duties for a
supervising speech-language pathologist. exclusive of administration and/or interpretation
Follow documented treatment plans or protocols developed by the supervising SLP.
Provide guidance and treatment via telepractice to students, patients, and clients who are selected
by the supervising SLP as appropriate for this service delivery model.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What type of formal training have you received in order to become a SLPA? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Associate's Degree in Speech Language Pathology Assistance from Orange
Coast College in Costa Mesa. Courses included early childhood education, an introduction to
communication disorders, phonetics, patient care including HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance,
linguistics, and 2 semester internships.
Three courses transferred to CSU Fullerton towards fulfillment of Postbacc certification in
communicative disorders, which I begin this fall.
What do you do if a parent asks for a child's PHI? - CORRECT ANSWER - Refer them to
the SLP.
PHI - CORRECT ANSWER - Protected Health Information. Includes:
1. Names
2. All geographical identifiers smaller than a state, except for the initial three digits of a zip code
if, according to the current publicly available data from the Bureau of the Census: the geographic
unit formed by combining all zip codes with the same three initial digits contains more than
20,000 people; and the initial three digits of a zip code for all such geographic units containing
20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000
3. Dates (other than year) directly related to an individual
4. Phone numbers
5. Fax numbers
6. Email addresses
7. Social Security numbers
8. Medical record numbers
9. Health insurance beneficiary numbers
10. Account numbers
, 11. Certificate/license numbers
12. Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers;
13. Device identifiers and serial numbers;
14. Web Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
15. Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers
16. Biometric identifiers, including finger, retinal and voice prints
17. Full face photographic images and any comparable images
18. Any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code except the unique code assigned
by the investigator to code the data
What types of disorders/populations have you worked with? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Ages 3-12, primarily autism, artic disorders, phonological disorders, and apraxia.
What are your duties as a SLPA? - CORRECT ANSWER - Self-identify as SLPAs to
families, students, patients, clients, staff, and others. This may be done verbally, in writing,
and/or with titles on name badges.
Exhibit compliance with The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations, reimbursement requirements,
and SLPAs' responsibilities.
Assist the SLP with speech, language, and hearing screenings without clinical interpretation.
Assist the SLP during assessment of students, patients, and clients, including, but not limited to,
assisting with formal documentation, preparing materials, and performing clerical duties for a
supervising speech-language pathologist. exclusive of administration and/or interpretation
Follow documented treatment plans or protocols developed by the supervising SLP.
Provide guidance and treatment via telepractice to students, patients, and clients who are selected
by the supervising SLP as appropriate for this service delivery model.
