advantages of group therapy - ANSWER--improved social communication through peer
interaction
- practice with real-world conversation dynamics
- learning from others' experiences
- engaging environment for practicing speech skills
- positive reinforcement from peers
ASD communication challenges - ANSWER--challenges with pronouns.
-answering wh-questions.
-a greater capacity for learning nouns over verbs
ASD interests - ANSWER-trains, cars, transportation systems, machines, weather,
natural disasters, geography, animals (dinosaurs), drawings, music, pop stars and
television shows
ASD is 4x more common in - ANSWER-boys
ASD is diagnosed in - ANSWER-1 of every 59 school-aged children
ASD is evident before - ANSWER-3 years
ASD is found in - ANSWER-all cultures
ASD tone of voice may be - ANSWER-monotone, singsong, flat, husky, or unusual
sounding
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - ANSWER-persistent deficits in social communication
interaction across multiple contexts, as well as restricted
patterns of behavior, interests, and activities.
basic principles of behaviorism - ANSWER-operant conditioning and concepts of
positive behavioral interventions
behaviorism - ANSWER-systematic approach to understanding human behavior from
the perspective of the environment and its control or influence
cause of ASD - ANSWER-genetic and environmental
characteristics of effective group dynamics - ANSWER-- creating a positive atmosphere
- facilitating observation
- making tools available
- providing opportunities for repeated experiences
- helping to reduce barriers
, child begins to combine words, function words begin to appear, inflectional morphology
emerges and sentence complexity increases by - ANSWER-16 to 36 months
child-centered approach - ANSWER-naturalistic: the interests and preferences of the
child dictate the
topics, materials, and reinforcement method
clinical rapport - ANSWER-the establishment and maintenance of an interactive,
harmonious, and communicative relationship
clinician directed approach - ANSWER-highly structured: the clinician selects topics,
materials, acceptable forms of response, and the method of reinforcement
cluster development - ANSWER-- begin to develop between 3:6 and 4 years.
- clusters can take longer to develop and be mastered after 8 years
common challenging behaviors - ANSWER-Escape or Avoidance
Attention Seeking
Seeking Access to Materials
Sensory Stimulation
communication temptations - ANSWER-ex. placing things out of reach
components of data collection when remediating speech sounds - ANSWER--target
sound
-position
-accuracy
-prompt
-clinical observation
condition - ANSWER-states the client will be provided with (or denied) when performing
the behavior
consonant clusters and blends - ANSWER-combination of consonants that develop
after the child's oral motor control and coordination are more mature
content - ANSWER-semantics
criterion - ANSWER-states how the objective will be evaluated
data during group sessions - ANSWER-- timed data collection
- rotating data collection
- prepare data collection sheets beforehand
development of phonemes - ANSWER-Early eight /m, b, j, n, w, d, p, h/