Speech Language pathologists in Pediatrics Flashcards
1
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Top things that you won’t learn in school
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- One size does NOT fit all.
- Therapy is often trial and error.
- Therapy is often repetition, repetition, repetition/Practice,
practice, practice. - WAIT! (processing takes time)
- First, presume competence!
- It’s ok to make mistakes. It’s how we all learn.
- People are individuals, no 2 are alike.
- IT’S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS!
2
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Define speech
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- How we use our voice to communicate our thoughts
3
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What 3 things does speech consists of
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- Articulation: ability to produce specific sounds
- Voice: quality of the sound we produce & consists of pitch, loudness, & resonance
- Fluency: AKA stuttering and refers to the smoothness & rhythm of speech
4
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Define language
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- Consists of socially shared rules (grammar, semantics, etc.) for how we use words to communicate our thoughts
5
Q
What 3 things does language consists of
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- Receptive: what one can understand; can include following directions & pointing to pictures
- Expressive: how we use & combine words to share thoughts, ideas, & communicate wants and needs
- Pragmatic: the social use of language consisting of knowing what to say, how to say it, & when to say it
6
Q
What are some cons to teletherapy
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- Technology is not always cooperative
- Loss of important communication context
- No therapist control of the environment
- No shows
- Parent distraction from phone or other children
- Children may not be as engaged in tele therapy & may be distracted by the device itself
7
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What are the 5 steps for how to teach communication (and most other things)
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- Modeling
- Wait time
- Visual supports
- Prompting
- Presume competence
8
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What 15 words are part of the CoreVocabulary
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- More
- All done/Gone
- Go
- Stop
- Here
- Like
- Want
- That
- Have
- I/Me
- Away
- You
- Help
- It
- What
