Exam 1 Part 6

Question 1

What are the steps of a language assessment?

Answer 1

History of client, assessment of language, oral motor exam, hearing assessment, determining the diagnosis, providing information (report, interview)

Question 2

What is closely related to language?

Answer 2

Cognition

Question 3

The practice of comparing IQ scores and language scores as a factor for determining eligibility for speech-language intervention.

Answer 3

Cognitive referencing

Question 4

What is the purpose of a language screening?

Answer 4

Is further assessment necessary for the child

Question 5

What are the primary sources of data for early child language assessment?

Answer 5

Case history, parent questionnaires, interviews

Question 6

What communicative behaviors should we note in preverbal and nonverbal children?

Answer 6

Do they use gestures, eye contact, meaningful/non-speech vocalizations, imitation of sounds/words, attempt to produce words, follow simple commands, can the child point to named objects in book or environment

Question 7

What communicative behaviors should we note in minimally verbal children?

Answer 7

Does the child name familiar objects, can they count or say the alphabet, MLU, word combinations, turn taking

Question 8

What communicative behaviors should we note in a child who speaks short phrases?

Answer 8

Does the child respond to multi-step commands, appropriate syntax, are they difficult to understand?

Question 9

What communicative behaviors should we note in conversational children?

Answer 9

Do they understand humor, narrative ability, do they respond to complex commands

Question 10

Children who have fewer than 50 expressive words or no word combinations at age _ are at an increased risk of long-term language concerns

Answer 10

2

Question 11

Those who do not “catch up” to their peers by age _ demonstrate a language delay that is likely to persist throughout the school years

Answer 11

3

Question 12

What components of Piaget’s model are important for language?

Answer 12

Imitation, deferred imitation, means end, object permanence, functional use of objects, symbolic play

Question 13

What developmental signs are a positive prognostic indicator of language?

Answer 13

Effective non-verbal communication, strong language comprehension, good articulation, complex syllable structure, typical developmental errors

Question 14

What should we consider when we choose a language assessment?

Answer 14

Age of client, culture. background, time, how well the client can participate, insurance

Question 15

Allows the clinician to dig deeper based on results of formal assessment

Answer 15

Informal assessment