Final Exam Flashcards
What does CCC stand for?
Certificate of Clinical Competence
What is a clinical fellowship year? (CFY)
-A transition period between being a student and becoming an independent practitioner.
-Work under a mentor to gain experience before getting full certification.
-Necessary to obtain C’s
-36 weeks 1,260 hours
Things to Consider in Articulation Therapy
-Child’s age
-Are the sound errors developmentally appropriate to be working on in therapy?
-Age that certain skills are targeted may vary between settings
-Do the child’s speech errors impact them educationally or in their ability to get their message across?
Benefit of Individual Sessions
-Allows for focused practice when a child is learning a new skill
Benefit of Group Sessions
-Provides opportunities to interact with peers and helpful in scheduling depending on the setting
-Can add a more interactive component, especially with games
Direct Modeling
-You say the sound/word and the child repeats it after you
Faded Modeling
“S….s…oap. Now you try it”
Independent Modeling
Child produces the target without a model
Types of Modeling
-Direct
-Faded
-Independent
Types of Cues
-Visual
-Verbal
Visual Cues Examples
-Use of a mirror
-Sound cue cards
-Toy/item to represent sound (snake for /s/ sound)
Verbal Cues Examples
-“Pop your lips” /p/
-“Make your snake sound” /s/
-“Tongue back” /k/
-“Use your smooth speech”
What age is typical for normal dysfluencies to occur?
-Ages 2 to 3
Secondary Behaviors with Disfluencies
-Eye blinks
-Facial grimace
-Facial tension
-Exaggerated movements of head, shoulders, arms
-Interjected speech fragments
-May seem to help the person through stuttering at first, but it soon becomes ineffective
When is fluent speech most likely to occur for an individual who stutters?
-Reading (normally or in unison with another person)
-Speaking to an infant or animal
-Singing
-Swearing or expressing anger
-Speaking in any atypical manner
When is stuttering most likely to occur for an individual who stutters?
-Person fears the situation
-Anticipates stuttering
-Speaking on the phone
-Speaking to authoritative figures
-Speaking in situations they want to avoid
-Speaking to people who will react negatively or have in the past
-Pressured to speak quickly
-Stutter the most when they wish to stutter least
Avoidance Behaviors
-Don’t talk
-Substitutions
-Circumlocutions
-Secondary Behaviors
What are the two types of strokes?
-Ischemic stroke: blocked artery
-Hemorrhagic stroke: bursting of a blood vessel
Broca’s Aphasia
-Site of lesion: dominant inferior frontal lobe or Broca’s area
-Difficulties producing speech and word finding
Wernicke’s Aphasia
-Language disorder that makes it hard for you to understand words and communicate (fluent but meaningless speech)
-Site of lesion: Part of brain the controls receptive language
Common Causes of TBI
-Motor vehicle accident
-Fall
-Sports injury
-Violent assault
-Stroke
-Blunt force trauma
What does AAC stand for?
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Low Tech AAC
-No electronic parts
-Accessed directly through finger pointing and eye gaze
-Examples: letter boards, chat books, schedules, symbol boards
High Tech AAC
-Utilizes microcomputers and specialized software
-Synthesized or digitized speech
-Requires a power source
-Expensive to purchase or maintain