1.06 - Exam 1 Review Flashcards
A four year old who is unintelligible to novel listeners usually has a _______.
Phologicial Problem
Intervention (therapy) is a ______ process. This means the clinician must ______ the patient’s progress towards the set goals and _______.
Dynamic
Continuously assess
Modify them if necessary
Any speech/language therapy must be designed with careful consideration of a client’s _______.
Verbal and nonverbal plus cognitive abilities
Knowledge of a client’s level of cognitive function is critical in making decisions about _______ and selecting ________.
Eligibility for treatment
Appropriate therapy objectives
The ultimate goal of speech/language therapy is the teach strategies that _________ rather than teaching isolated skills.
Facilitate the communication process
Skills are required to _________ in given situations.
Achieve specific outcomes
Strategies enable the individual to know when and how to ______.
Use their skills in new and varied learning contexts
When possible, teach in ________ to provide opportunities to engage in ______ communicative contexts.
Realistic contexts
Meaningful
Intervention strategies should be specific to the client’s _____ and individual _____.
Deficits
Learning style
We should ensure that the client experiences _____ throughout all stages of therapy.
Success
Therapy goals are tailored to promote a clients knowledge ______ the current level.
One step beyond
When should therapy be terminated?
2
Once the client has achieved all goals
If the client is no longer demonstrating progress
Who decides when therapy should be terminated?
It is a team decision (even if the team is just the client and the clinician)
Therapy should be based on _______.
Scientific Evidence
Therapy should be sensitive to a client’s ________ background.
Cultural & Linguistic
What is programming?
3
Selecting therapy targets
Sequencing therapy targets
Generalizing therapy targets
How do we find the level that we need to begin the Therapy Targets?
Assessments
Client request/concerns
What is Behavior Modification?
The systematic use of specific Stimulus-Response-Consequence procedures
What are Key Teaching Strategies?
Using basic training techniques to facilitate learning
What is Session Design?
Organizing and implementing therapy sessions
What does Session Design include?
Interpersonal dynamics
What is data collection?
The systematic measurement of client performance and treatment efficacy
What four factors influence the selection of Therapy Targets?
Establish goals
Take pretreatment baselines
Where do baselines fit into Developmental/Normative development
What issues most concern the client
What is a Developmental/Normative Strategy?
Targets are taught in the same general order as they emerge in a typically developing individual
What is a Client Specific Strategy?
Targets are based on the the individual’s specific needs and concerns
(Sounds in important words like own name, common communication environments, etc.)
Is it better to use a Developmental or a Client Specific strategy?
It’s better to use both and focus on whichever one fits the particular client’s need
What are the three parts to Therapy Targets?
Also referred to as “Sequencing of Therapy Targets”
Stimulus Type
Task Mode
Response Level
What are Stimulus Types?
The input that is used to elicit a response in therapy
What are the three kinds of Stimulus Types?
Direct physical manipulation
Concrete symbols
Abstract symbols
What are concrete symbols?
3
Objects
Photographs
Drawings
What are abstract symbols?
2
Oral language
Written language
What is the Task Mode?
2
The support/scaffolding that the clinician uses
This guides the client to the desired response
What are the three kinds of Task Modes?
Imitation
Cue/Prompt
Spontaneous
What is the Response Level?
The degree of difficulty required in the client’s response
What are the two ways of increasing the Response Level?
Increasing the complexity of the response (length, syntax, maturity, etc.)
Decreasing the latency (response time) between when the stimulus is present and when the client responds.
What is Branching?
Increase (or decreasing) the difficulty of a task when it becomes apparent that the task is too easy (or hard) for the client
When is Branching used?
2
In the middle of a therapy session
When the client’s performance does not match what was expected
When Branching, a good rule of thumb is to modify the difficulty level by _____ according the the therapy sequence hierarchy.
One step
Where do you learn the specific rules of Branching?
You can’t. You have to be creative in the moment.
Whose job is it to set the difficulty level of a therapy session?
The clinician
What is generalization?
When the client is able to transfer newly mastered behaviors into new or everyday environments
What is a synonym for generalization?
Carryover
What are three factors that can be modified to increase the probability that a skill will become generalized?
Stimuli
Physical Environment (Location)
Audience (Communication partners)
Should we keep working with a client after they have attained communication skills that correspond with the client’s chronological and/or developmental age?
No. This a a good discharge guideline.
Should we keep working with a client after they have obtained communication skills that correspond with their premorbid status (based on disease or disorder)?
No. This a a good discharge guideline.
Should we continue working with a client who has obtained functional communication skills allowing them to naviagate their daily life without significant handicap?
No. This a a good discharge guideline.
Should we continue working with a client who is continually not making progress?
No. This a a good discharge guideline.
What does “programming” mean in regards to therapy?
5
Selecting therapy targets
Designing therapy sessions
Formulating behavioral objectives
Designing behavior modification (if needed)
Choosing teaching strategies
What is a Behavioral Objective?
ONE SENTENCE that descrives one short term goal
A Behavioral Objective must describe a _________, it must be ______, and it must be ______.
Specific target behavior
Observable
Measurable
What are the three components of a Behavioral Objective?
Do Statement
Condition
Criteria
What is the Do Statement (in a Behavioral Objective)?
An specific action (action verb) that states what the client will do
What is the Condition (in a Behavioral Objective)?
The situation where the target behavior will be performed
What is the Criteria (in a Behavioral Objective)?
How well the target behavior must be performed
The level that determines success
How is the Criteria (in a Behavioral Objective) usually measure?
(4)
By percent correct
By response time
By maximum number of errors
By minimum number correct
What theory is Behavior Modification based on?
Theory of Operant Conditioning
What are the three components of Behavior Modification?
Stimulus
Response
Consequence
What is a Stimulus?
The antecedent event
What precedes and elicits a response from the client