Vocabulary Words Week 1

Question 1

HIPAA

Answer 1

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-a federal law that protects individuals’ health information and establishes standards for electronic protected health information (ePHI).

Question 2

IDEA

Answer 2

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a federal law that requires public schools to provide a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) to eligible students with disabilities. It also provides legal protections for these students and their parents.

Question 3

CF

Answer 3

clinical fellowship- after you finish your masters, but applying for c’s

Question 4

Code of Ethics

Answer 4

the welfare of the persons served is paramount, each professional must maintain the highest level of professional competence + continuing education, professional provide accurate information and promote understanding to the public, professionals maintain and monitor ethical standards for self and others

Question 5

SLP

Answer 5

Speech Language Pathologists- are professionals who provide an assortment
of services related to communicative disorders. The distinguishing role of
an SLP is to identify, assess, treat, and prevent communication disorders in all modalities (including spoken, written, pictorial, and manual), both receptively
and expressively.

Question 6

Audiologist

Answer 6

are specialists who measure hearing ability and identify, assess, manage,
and prevent disorders of hearing and balance. They use a variety of technologies
to measure and appraise hearing in people from infancy through old age

Question 7

NSSLHA

Answer 7

National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association- a national organization for students interested in studying communication disorders and sciences (CSD)

Question 8

CCC-A

Answer 8

Certificate of Clinical Competence- Audiology masters level certificate of clinical competence

Question 9

CCC-SLP

Answer 9

Certificate of Clinical Competence-Speech Language Pathology- masters level certificate of clinical competence

Question 10

LRE

Answer 10

Least Restrictive Environment- a principle in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that ensures students with disabilities are educated in general education classrooms with their peers as much as possible.