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1
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Is mental age recommended as a diagnostic tool?

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no because tests are different

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2
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what is Chronological age is compared to?

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developmental information

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3
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Children with DLD will show uneven profiles such as…

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strength in vocabulary knowledge but weakness in morphology and syntax.

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What are some test limitations with DLD?

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  1. verbal directions
  2. not pure measure of verbal vs. nonverbal abilities
  3. may not be normed on children in their area
  4. too long for attention span
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5
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What law stipulates that services be determined on an individual basis?

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IDEA

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6
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What year was IDEA passed?

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1997

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7
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Children with DLD have depressed nonverbal IQ scores which may skew the results. T/F

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true

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8
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A comprehensive evaluation is best when diagnosing DLD in children. T/F

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true

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9
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what is adaptive behavior?

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  • age appropriate behaviors necessary for people to live independently and function safely and appropriately in daily life
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Do standardized tests compare a large or small group of peers?

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large

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what is a specific learning disorder (DSM-V)?

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Characterized as “difficulties learning and using academic skills.”

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12
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What is the diagnostic criteria for Specific Learning Disorders?

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  1. reading
  2. reading comprehension
  3. word meaning
  4. spelling
  5. written expression
  6. math
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13
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What are NC state standards for specific learning disorders?

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  1. evaluation (receptive, expressive)
  2. 2 measures will be used
  3. evaluation of lang. abilities.
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14
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Eligibility for a language impairment may not be determined on the basis of a predetermined discrepancy between language and cognitive measures. T/F

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true

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15
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Collaboration between the school psychologist and the SLP in planning and implementing appropriate communication and cognitive assessments and interpreting their results will facilitate eligibility determination. T/F

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true

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16
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What does IDEA stand for?

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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

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17
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When deciding a plan of intervention what should be considered first?

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the child’s baseline of skills

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18
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What information can be gathered from nonstandardized testing

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“adaptive behavior”. These are appropriate behaviors necessary to live independently

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19
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What is the standards for diagnosis based on?

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it depends on the test. Standard Deviations and the mean will be different.

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20
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What would a score need to be in order to be diagnosed with DLD?

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score more than 2 SDs below the mean

21
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What are some dilemmas for SLPs?

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uneven profile scores do not mesh with strict cut-off scores

22
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How should pragmatics be tested?

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in multiple settings

23
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What does DSM-V stand for?

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition
Specific Learning Disorder

24
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What is DSM-IV

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition

25
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What is the diagnosis criteria for Social (pragmatic) communication disorder include?

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  1. verbal and nonverbal communication for social purposes.
  2. matching context
  3. following rules for conversation
  4. nonliteral/ambiguous meanings
26
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What is the diagnosis criteria for speech sound disorders?

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difficulty with speech sound production that interferes with intelligibility or prevent verbal communication

27
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What is included for an evaluation of language abilities?

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  1. hearing screening
  2. reception (vocab, syntax, morphology)
  3. expression (MLU, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, morphology)
  4. auditory perception (selective attention, discrim, memory, sequencing)
  5. assessment and documentation
28
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What does WHO stand for?

A

World Hearing Organization

29
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an abnormal Chromosome 16q would result in

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nonword repetition

30
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An abnormal chromosome 19a would result in

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expressive language scores

31
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Broca’s area is related to what speech/ language abilities

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syntax, speech production

32
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Wernicke’s area is related to what speech/language abilities?

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language comprehension

33
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What does an arcuate fasciculus do?

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connects frontal and temporal regions

34
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Functional anomalies puts a child at risk for ….

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DLD

35
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What does a MRI look at?

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brain structure

36
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What information does an fMRI provide?

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  1. working memory
  2. phonological decoding of words
  3. temporal lobe activation listening to isolated vowels.
37
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What are environmental factors to be considered with DLD?

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  1. prenatal environment
  2. language-rich situations
  3. parents educations/siblings
  4. Multi-cultural
38
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IS Auditory processing disorders are diagnosed by SLP?

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no

39
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What are the issues with Auditory Processing disorders?(2)

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  1. processing rapid short sounds and/or contrasts.

2. stressed vs. unstressed in connected speech

40
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What are the 3 Cognitive Models of DLD?

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  1. auditory processing
  2. limited language capacity
  3. procedural deficits
41
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What are the issues with Limited Language Capacity? (3)

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  1. working memory
  2. poor recall for longer/complex utterances
  3. non words
42
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what are issues with Procedural deficits?

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following steps, sequencing

43
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Why are non words difficult?

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they don’t follow rules or patterns

44
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What does LLD stand for?

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language learning disabilities

45
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What two things does reading require?

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  1. decoding

2. comprehension

46
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what is hyperlexic?

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reading is fine, comprehension is poor

47
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Decoding deficits will result in …

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poor comprehension

48
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How should the severity of an impairment be diagnosed?

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with a comprehension assessment

49
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What % of children with poor comprehension meet DLD criteria? What study was this?

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30

Nationa, Clarke, Marshall and Durand (2004)

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