Chapter 6

Question 1

Evidence-based practice

Answer 1

looking at 3 areas of knowledge to make the best plan of action of the client

Question 2

Assessment

Answer 2

process of gathering info about the individual during an appoitment

Question 3

Multidisciplinary process

Answer 3

professionals who bring their diverse knowledge skills, and experiences to the assessment

Question 4

Screening

Answer 4

use of a test or task to conduct a quick check in a particular area

Question 5

Referral

Answer 5

involvement of speech, language, and hearing professionals is formally requested

Question 6

Chart Review

Answer 6

examination of documents prepared by various professionals to record an individual’s development

Question 7

Online examination of performance

Answer 7

studying a communicative process as it happens

Question 8

Norm-referenced tests

Answer 8

used to compare an individuals level of achievement or skill in a particular area

Question 9

Standardization

Answer 9

test given in exactly the same uniform and scripted manner to everyone who takes it

Question 10

Normative Sample

Answer 10

group of individuals who were given the test to identify standards of performance at specific age levels

Question 11

Standard score

Answer 11

index that identifies how a person’s test performance compares with his/her peers

Question 12

Raw score

Answer 12

number of items scored as incorrect

Question 13

Standard normal distribution

Answer 13

how scores will range for a skill or aptitude that is assumed to be distributed within the population

Question 14

Normal curve

Answer 14

standard scores are arranged along a standard normal distribution

Question 15

Mean

Answer 15

average score

Question 16

Standard Deviation

Answer 16

spread of scores

Question 17

Percentile rank

Answer 17

% of people in the normative reference group whose scores were at below a given pt.

Question 18

Static tests

Answer 18

determines what the person can and cannot do on his/her own

Question 19

Dynamic Assessment

Answer 19

analyze how much and what types of support or assistance is needed

Question 20

learning potential

Answer 20

how much he/she could do w/assistance

Question 21

differential diagnosis

Answer 21

solving” diagnostic dilemmas”; finding possible alternatives

Question 22

Intervention

Answer 22

plan of action to improve one or more aspects of an individuals communicative abilities

Question 23

Preventive Interventions

Answer 23

attempt to prevent a disorder from occuring

Question 24

Remediation Interventions

Answer 24

clinical or educational designed to slow the progress or reverse the course of a disorder once it has emerged

Question 25

Compensatory Interventions

Answer 25

Clinical interventions that help a person cope with a disorder whose symptoms are not likely to dissipate

Question 26

Remediation interventions

Answer 26

clinical or educational interventions designed to slow the progress or reverse the course of a disorder once it has emerged

Question 27

Intervention goal

Answer 27

targeted communication achievement

Question 28

Intervention Procedure

Answer 28

Clinician’s plan of action

Question 29

Pull out/direct service

Answer 29

therapist or educator provides an intervention for people w/communication disorders

Question 30

Co-teaching/parallel instruction

Answer 30

2+ people working together to provide intervention

Question 31

Intervention consultation

Answer 31

therapist provides guidance to other professionals or to a family member without talking to the client directly

Question 32

Behaviorist Approaches

Answer 32

importance of the environment in shaping behavior and, in particular, the influence of consequences on behavioral change

Question 33

Linguistic-cognitive approaches

Answer 33

development sequences/ organization of communicative behaviors

Question 34

Social-interactionist approaches

Answer 34

emphasizes development and learning of social interactions among individuals

Question 35

social plane

Answer 35

knowledge interactions among individuals

Question 36

psychological plane

Answer 36

knowledge possesses internally and independently

Question 37

Zone of proximal development

Answer 37

range between an individual’s independent performance of certain skills

Question 38

Scaffolding

Answer 38

assistance provided by another person to raise an individual’s level of performance