Final Exam Prep

Question 1

Please name all of Brown’s 14 morphmes.

Answer 1

1. Present progressive -ing
2. Preposition in
3. preposition on
4. Plural s
5. Irregular Past Tense
6. Possessive -s
7. Uncontractible copula
8. articles a, the
9. regular past tense -ed
10. 3rd person present tense -s (regular)
11. 3rd person present tense -s (irregular)
12. Uncontractible auxiliary
13. Contractible Copula -‘s
14. Contractible auxiliar -‘s

Question 2

What is the difference in payment sources between EI and CPSE?

Answer 2

EI: Residential County and Department of Health

CPSE: Residential school district and department of education

Question 3

Difference in age requirement between EI and CPSE?

Answer 3

EI: birth-3 years old

CPSE: 3-5 years old

Question 4

Difference in goal of program between EI and CPSE?

Answer 4

EI: Improved (global) child development

CPSE: Improved educational success

Question 5

Service coordination in EI and CPSE involvement?

Answer 5

EI: Yes

CPSE: No

Question 6

What is the legally binding contract for EI and CPSE?

Answer 6

EI: IFSP

CPSE: IEP

Question 7

What is the location of services for EI vs CPSE?

Answer 7

EI: Natural environment

IEP: educational environment as indicated

Question 8

What is the timeline of services for EI vs. CPSE?

Answer 8

EI: 24/7, 365

CPSE: 180 days during school calendar and 30 days of summer if qualified for extended school year

Question 9

What are the qualification standards of EI?

Answer 9

2 moderates, 1 severe, clinical clues

specifically….
2 moderate- moderate delay 1.5-2 SDs below the mean, 25% delay in a skill when compared to their peers.
1 severe- 2 or more SDs below mean, 33-50% delay
Greater than 50% is profound delay, likely a lifelong service recipient
Clinical clues used when testing doesn’t reflect student’s abilities

Question 10

Qualification standards for CPSE?

Answer 10

Qualification standards
DNQ, 2 moderates, 1 severe, professional judgment

(EI severity levels need to be global
CPSE single area of communication concern can qualify a child)

Question 11

What is the perlocutionary stage of intentionality?

Answer 11

pre-intentional (infancy)

-simply reacting to the environment

Question 12

What is the illocutionary stage of intentionality?

Answer 12

intentional, prelinguistic

-gesturing to something out of reach, maybe cry for frustration

Question 13

What is the locutionary stage of intentionality?

Answer 13

intentional and linguistic

-“mom, help” intention AND language to support it

Question 14

Briefly describe history of ASD?

Answer 14

-kids who stim and isolate themselves were diagnosed with schizophrenia

-1943 Dr Kanner identifies social dysfunctional behavior + abnormal language acquisition, known as Kanner Autism

-after WWII, “refrigerant mother” was widely believed to be the etiology

1964- suggested that its an inherent disability

1977- twin study suggests genetic causality

1992- APA admits ASD into the DSM

1993- WHO enters ASD into International Classification of Diseases

1994- national alliance for autism is established

1995- now: genetic research emphasizes, linking chromosomal anomolies to autism

Question 15

Describe the diagnosis of ASD?

Answer 15

a life-long neurological impairment that is characterized by a lack of appropriate socialization toward others and an obvious deficiency in the acquisition and use of language (Rutter, 1976).

Question 16

Why is autism a spectrum disorder?

Answer 16

Autism is a spectrum disorder as it presents with varying severity and symptomology with each person it affects.

Question 17

Who diagnoses ASD in NYS?

Answer 17

ASD must be diagnosed by a medical doctor or a clinical psychologist (with corroborating testing done by therapeutic disciplines).

Question 18

What criteria do MDs follow to diagnose ASD?

Answer 18

DSM-V

Question 19

What is the diagnostic criteria for ASD?

Answer 19

A total of six (or more) items from (1), (2), and (3), with atleast two from (1), and one each from (2) and (3)

(1) qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following:

a) marked impairments in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body posture, and gestures to regulate social interaction

b) failure to develop peer relationships appropriate todevelopmental level

c) a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people, (e.g., by a lack of showing,bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people)

d) lack of social or emotional reciprocity ( note: in thedescription, it gives the following as examples: not activelyparticipating in simple social play or games, preferring solitaryactivities, or involving others in activities only as tools or“mechanical” aids )

Qualitative impairments in communication as manifested by at least one of the following:

a) delay in, or total lack of, the development of spoken language (not accompanied by an attempt to compensate through alternative modes of communication such as gesture or mime)

b) in individuals with adequate speech, marked impairment in the ability to initiate or sustain a conversation with others

c) stereotyped and repetitive use of language or idiosyncraticlanguage

d) lack of varied, spontaneous make-believe play or socialimitative play appropriate to developmental level

Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior,interests and activities, as manifested by at least two of thefollowing:

a) encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is abnormal either inintensity or focus

b) apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctionalroutines or rituals

c) stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger flapping or twisting, or complex whole-body movements) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ALy6I1J1uo&t=73s

d) persistent preoccupation with parts of objects

Delays or abnormal functioning in at least one of the following areas, with onset prior to age 3 years:
(1) social interaction

(2) language as used in social communication

(3) symbolic or imaginative playC. The disturbance is not better accounted for by Rett’s Disorder or Childhood Disintegrative Disorder

Question 20

What are the 3 aspects of language and the subdomains of language within them?

Answer 20

Content (vocabulary, semantics)
form (grammar, syntax)
use (pragmatics, social interaction)

Question 21

Define phonology

Answer 21

the sound system of a language and the
rules that govern the sound combinations.

Question 22

Define morphology

Answer 22

the system that governs the structure
of words and the construction of word forms

Question 23

Define syntax

Answer 23

Syntax is the system governing the order and combination of words to form sentences, and the relationships among the elements within a sentence.

Question 24

Define semantics

Answer 24

the system that governs the meanings of
words and word associations.

Question 25

Define pragmatics

Answer 25

system that combines the above
language components in functional, culturally and socially appropriate communication.

Question 26

What is the paralinguistic mechanism?

Answer 26

Duration, Rate,
Intonation, Prosody,
Stress

Question 27

What are non-linguistic cues?

Answer 27

non-verbal behaviors that communicate information
* Comprises approximately 55% of perceived message.
* Includes gestures, eye contact, body movement, proximity, and facial expression

Question 28

define Linguistic Competence

Answer 28

knowledge of language rules

Question 29

define Linguistic Performance

Answer 29

speaker’s actual use of
language

Question 30

define metalinguistic competence

Answer 30

Metalinguistic Competence –
the ability to think and talk about language when out of context