Midterm- Ch. 4

Question 1

Eval vs Assessment

Answer 1

An eval is conducted to see if the child is eligible for services. Eval is where you identify the child’s level of development. (standardized and formal)

An assessment is an ongoing process of identifying the child’s unique needs. The focus is on what level of support the child/family needs to be successful and NOT what is wrong with the child. (Informal)

Question 2

Transdisciplinary model of assessment

Answer 2

When a team of professionals from different disciplines work together to find a common problem using the same data. (Think arena)

Question 3

Play-based

Answer 3

a teaching approach where a child can learn new knowledge and skills through play

Question 4

What is the role of parents in assessment?

Answer 4

Parents are the primary informants of the child’s behavior during an assessment.

Question 5

When are family concerns, priorities, and resources addressed?

Answer 5

Should be addressed during the assessment and throughout the intervention.

Question 6

Name some important things to remember with family concerns, priorities, and resources.

Answer 6

Each family’s concerns are different and can be influenced by culture and experiences

gather info on how the family perceives the child

identify the family priorities

consider resources for the family

establish what type of role the family would like to play during the intervention(active role or let the clinician take the lead and do everything).

Question 7

Informal Assessment

Answer 7

A non-standardized way to assess a child’s communication skills

Question 8

non-symbolic communication

Answer 8

a non-symbolic way to communicate without symbols or words (Ex: body movements, eye gaze, facial expression)

Question 9

Intentional communication

Answer 9

the child is communicating because they want a response. (ex: crying because they want a bottle)

Question 10

joint attention

Answer 10

the child and the parent are focused on the same thing

Question 11

Name three pre-symbolic behaviors

Answer 11

joint attention, motor imitation vocalizations

Question 12

Why is it important to assess the caregiver and child interaction?

Answer 12

It allows the clinician to gather information on their interaction and look at the strengths and weaknesses of the interactions

Question 13

Conventional communication

Answer 13

a traditional method of communication

Question 14

Functional equivalence

Answer 14

it is when two behaviors have the same outcome. (Ex: tapping a teacher and screaming get the teacher’s attention so they are functionally equivalent.

Question 15

Representation gestures

Answer 15

often related to representing an object or action
ex: putting a cup to your mouth to represent drinking
ex: waving bye to represent you leaving

Question 16

symbolic behaviors

Answer 16

when a child starts to use words, signs, or an ACC to communicate

Question 17

Gesture-word combinations

Answer 17

a combination of word and gestures to communicate

Question 18

Bootstrapping

Answer 18

when gestures are used for words to help children communicate

Question 19

Why should you assess children with ID, and ASD early?

Answer 19

ECI with these children can be very effective and make a huge impact. It allows for all the child’s needs to be met.
Early identification and intense intervention before 3 are associated with better communicative, academic, and behavioral outcomes.

Question 20

What is the issue with eligibility services?

Answer 20

Schools decide who receives EI services. They use criterion referencing, which is inappropriate for determining eligibility services.

Question 21

Vocalizations

Answer 21

sound and syllable shapes are important for later language

Question 22

Reinforcing combination

Answer 22

Gesture-word combinations in which both convey matching information (EX: point to joice and saying juice)

Question 23

Supplemental combination

Answer 23

Gesture-word combinations that convey different cross-modality information, such as the representational gesture of holding a cup up and saying “juice” to convey “want juice.”

or point to a dog and saying “bite”

Question 24

Reduplicated combinations

Answer 24

Babababababa

Question 25

contingent caregiver response

Answer 25

An environmental response is based on the child’s perceived intent and thus one related to the child’s behavior (e.g., the child struggles to reach the toy, and the mother says, “You want to train?” and hands the child the toy).

Question 26

Play-based Interactional Assessment

Answer 26

Play-based assessment offers the the opportunity to hypothesize and gather more information

Question 27

Goals of pre- assessment Planniing

Answer 27

Identify the family’s assessment expectations
- Explore the family’s priorities and preferences
- Identify strength areas and activities
- Determine the roles family members with play in the assessment(ch 5)

Question 28

Questionnaires and parent interview

Answer 28

Provide information for the case history

Question 29

Interactional observation

Answer 29

clinician observes the client and parents’ interaction in order to gather information or expand on it.

look at the child and the parents behaviors and it will provide more information for the clinician after the interview and questionnaire

Question 30

Dynamic assessment

Answer 30

An examination to help identify a child’s potential and the amount of external support needed. (related to Zone of proximal development)

Question 31

Components of play-based assessment

Answer 31

-build rapport through interacting
- asses during unstructured play and provide opportunities for intentional behaviors
asses during structured play and assess skills that haven’t been assessed