EEX3120 Chapter 4: Assessment and Intervention

Question 1

Name the natural variations of a language used by speakers of that language. They represent language differences not disorders

Answer 1

Dialects

Question 2

Name the disorders that affect language processing and/or transmission of speech, hearing, listening, reading, or writing

Answer 2

Communication disorders

Question 3

ASHA defines communication disorders as an impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts, verbal or non-verbal. What do the letters in the acrostic ASHA stand for

Answer 3

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Question 4

The exact nature and __________ (mild, moderate, severe, profound) of impairment varies from individual to individual

Answer 4

Degree

Question 5

Individuals at any age may be _________ from various sources for communication disorder evaluation. Federal law mandates that all children from birth to twenty receive special services _________ if needed

Answer 5

Referred; screening

Question 6

Assessment of communication disorders is a systematic process of obtaining information from many sources and in different settings to verify and specify communication __________ and __________ and to identify possible causes of problems and make plans to address them

Answer 6

Strengths and weaknesses

Question 7

This is the study of causes

Answer 7

Etiology

Question 8

Name the professional that may determine the reasons for communication deficits

Answer 8

Speech Language Pathologist

Question 9

There are three identified casual categories for communication deficits, name one and its cause

Answer 9

Predisposed; genetics

Question 10

This refers to the use of a trained target behavior with different people in various environmental settings and linguistic contexts, __________. This data is obtained by the speech language pathologist to elicit target behavior(s) under multiple conditions that provides a starting point __________

Answer 10

Generalization; baseline data