1.06 - Exam 1 Review Flashcards
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A four year old who is unintelligible to novel listeners usually has a _______.
Phologicial Problem
Intervention (therapy) is a ______ process. This means the clinician must ______ the patient’s progress towards the set goals and _______.
Dynamic
Continuously assess
Modify them if necessary
Any speech/language therapy must be designed with careful consideration of a client’s _______.
Verbal and nonverbal plus cognitive abilities
Knowledge of a client’s level of cognitive function is critical in making decisions about _______ and selecting ________.
Eligibility for treatment
Appropriate therapy objectives
The ultimate goal of speech/language therapy is the teach strategies that _________ rather than teaching isolated skills.
Facilitate the communication process
Skills are required to _________ in given situations.
Achieve specific outcomes
Strategies enable the individual to know when and how to ______.
Use their skills in new and varied learning contexts
When possible, teach in ________ to provide opportunities to engage in ______ communicative contexts.
Realistic contexts
Meaningful
Intervention strategies should be specific to the client’s _____ and individual _____.
Deficits
Learning style
We should ensure that the client experiences _____ throughout all stages of therapy.
Success
Therapy goals are tailored to promote a clients knowledge ______ the current level.
One step beyond
When should therapy be terminated?
2
Once the client has achieved all goals
If the client is no longer demonstrating progress
Who decides when therapy should be terminated?
It is a team decision (even if the team is just the client and the clinician)
Therapy should be based on _______.
Scientific Evidence
Therapy should be sensitive to a client’s ________ background.
Cultural & Linguistic
What is programming?
3
Selecting therapy targets
Sequencing therapy targets
Generalizing therapy targets
How do we find the level that we need to begin the Therapy Targets?
Assessments
Client request/concerns
What is Behavior Modification?
The systematic use of specific Stimulus-Response-Consequence procedures
What are Key Teaching Strategies?
Using basic training techniques to facilitate learning
What is Session Design?
Organizing and implementing therapy sessions
What does Session Design include?
Interpersonal dynamics
What is data collection?
The systematic measurement of client performance and treatment efficacy
What four factors influence the selection of Therapy Targets?
Establish goals
Take pretreatment baselines
Where do baselines fit into Developmental/Normative development
What issues most concern the client
What is a Developmental/Normative Strategy?
Targets are taught in the same general order as they emerge in a typically developing individual