General Interview Questions Flashcards
Outline what you would offer in a 3 hour training workshop to teaching staff in the early years of a mainstream school.
X1 hour on milestones, red flags, when to refer to SLT
X1 hour on speech sound development - with links to literacy
X1 hour on role playing to practise these interventions
Name 3 formal paediatric assessments outlining the advantages and disadvantages of each one
TROG
DEAP
CELF
How would you prioritise a case load?
Triaging system
What is a good example of team working?
EAL child - Primary B.A.
Actively listen to colleagues
Build rapport
Are you a leader or a follower?
iCafe
Leader - RCSLT stated without this care would not be high-quality
Follower - learn from seniors
How do you work with someone you find difficult?
OT module
How do you cope and respond to criticism?
Hearing difficulties
Cued articulation - Jane Passy
How could you measure how effective your intervention with a patient has been?
TOMs
Caroline
Helps considers care pathways, costs and resources
What are the 3 key things you learnt on your last clinical placement and how did you learn these?
- Cranial nerves
- Advocacy
- Compensatory strategies over thickener
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Additional training
Specialism
Mentoring other students
What characteristics will you bring to the role and to the company?
- Active listener - STAMMA
- Resilience - back
- Confidence - paeds placement
What do you see as the benefits and challenges of working in the community?
Benefit - range of people
Challenge - range of knowledge, cribsheet
What are your expectations of the role?
Working with preschool and primary school children
Independent working - assessment and intervention
Training staff
Tell us about yourself and why this role
Final year MSc student
Strong interest in paeds
Why do you want to be a SLT?
Trained as a primary school teacher
Enjoyed communication aspects
Bad behaviour
Tell us why we should offer you this post?
Lots of child experience - nurseries, primary schools, tuition centres, Camp America
Proactive learner - evidence e.g. ASD projects
BSL
Name a piece of work / placement task that went well and same for that did not go well?
Stroke unit
Non-speaking man
Brisbane - yes/no
Went away - communication passport
Tell us about a time when you used your initiative?
Oromotor exam
How would you deal with ‘tricky’ parents?
Acknowledge feelings
Send across therapy
What is clinical governance and why is important in SLT?
Used to maintain and improve the quality of patient care
Audits, staff training
Think of a time when you were trying therapy and it wasn’t working - how did you resolve this?
ADHD - break card
What factors do you need to consider when designing goals?
SMART
Advocacy scripting
How would you approach assessment differently for a 2 year old and a 4 year old?
Attention differences - 2 year old is single but 4 years is two channelled
How would you answer a parent who asks at the end of a session ‘how many more sessions do they need?’
Depends on child
Therapy is more than one hour - at home
What is the Bercow Report?
2008
Poor understanding and resources for children with speech, language and communication needs
What are some common paeds interventions?
What’s in a bag - targeting speech sounds
Ready steady go - attention
Auditory discrimination - minimal pairs
Colourful Semantics - colour coding sentences
Blank levels - receptive
What do you know about this company and the types of clients we serve?
London clinic in Marylebone
Offers one to one
Small groups
Whole class support (principles of a Communication Friendly Environment)
Formal training e.g. ELKAN, Talk Boost
Webinars
What is the difference between independent and NHS?
NHS - free to the point of use
Independent - no limit on sessions
Lack of access
Eligibility
Long wait times
Sporadic support
What is a session that you have really made an impact on?
LSVT
Group therapy - 6 weeks
Modelling - safe environment
Swallow Prompt
Baselines showed improvement for all 4 members
One member - increased participation re. phone calls
