SPLA 100 MID TERM

Question 1

What are the responsibilities, duties, and functions of SLPA?

Answer 1

Make therapy materials, make therapy folders, progress reports, decorate therapy room for holidays, collect data while SLP works with clients, make communication boards

Question 2

What are the responsibilities, duties, and functions of SPLA in a clinical medical setting?

Answer 2

Prepare charts and distribute progress notes. Organize and log incoming consultations do patient billing order supplies and equipment, place orders for modified diets for hospital patients.

Question 3

Activities, duties and functions an SLPA is not allowed to do:

Answer 3

conduct evaluations interrupt data, alter treatment plans, participate in parent conference case conferences or interdisciplinary team conferences without supervising another SLP present, discharge clients from service, represent him or herself as an SLP, make referrals for additional services.

Question 4

Differences between speech and language

Answer 4

Speech is articulate, voice, and fluency Language is morphology, syntax, phonology semantics, and pragmatics.

Question 5

What is immediate supervision?

Answer 5

SLP supervisor physically present

Question 6

What does medically fragile mean?

Answer 6

Medically unstable or acutely ill. You cannot work with this individual completely by yourself. Must be immediate supervision.

Question 7

What are some examples of SPLA type work settings?

Answer 7

Schools, Private practice/clinic, hospitals, skilled nursing facility, rehab centers, home care.

Question 8

What is receptive language disorder?

Answer 8

May have difficulty understanding questions, following directions, comprehending stories and understanding material presented in classroom lessons. Example) Child is having a hard time understanding a story you are telling them.

Question 9

What is expressive disorder?

Answer 9

Examples would be naming pictures, describing experiences and expressing opinions. Example) A child might have a hard time explaining a personal story with you.

Question 10

What are the common causes of articulation phonological disorders?

Answer 10

Hearing implants, emotional factors, structural defects affecting the articulators, developmental disabilities.

Question 11

What are caseloads?

Answer 11

Amount of cases given in a period of time

Question 12

What does IEP mean?

Answer 12

Individual Education Plan

Question 13

What is an adult stutterer?

Answer 13

General reductions in social interactive skills and specific reductions in self esteem.

Question 14

What is a chronological age?

Answer 14

Today’s date-Person’s birthdate= Chronological Age.

Question 15

What is required to be an SLPA?

Answer 15

100 clinical hours, fingerprints, transcripts, application, photo, $50 for fee, OR BA or BS in Communicative Disorders and 70 clinical hours

Question 16

What does CSHA stand for?

Answer 16

California Speech and Hearing Association

Question 17

What does ASHA stand for?

Answer 17

American Speech and Hearing Association

Question 18

SLP can supervise how many people/

Answer 18

Can have a total of 3 people: 2 SLPA’s and 1 speech aide

Question 19

What is CCC?

Answer 19

Certificate of Clinical Competence

Question 20

ASHA code of ethics/ professional development

Answer 20

Individuals shall provide all services competently. Individuals shall not reveal, without authorization, any professional or personal information about the person served professionally, unless required by law to do so, or unless during doing so is necessary to protect the welfare of a person or community. Individuals shall continue their professional development throughout the is careers. Individuals shall not misrepresent their credentials, competence, education, training or experience. Individuals shall not participate in professional activities that constitute a conflict of interest. Individuals wall prohibit anyone under supervision from engaging in any practice that violates the Code of Ethics.

Question 21

What is a Phonological Disorder?

Answer 21

difficulty producing vowels of consonants of a language an combining a sound to produce words

Question 22

What is a Semantic Disorder?

Answer 22

Difficulty understanding the meaning of what other people say, and they do not understand how to use speech appropriately themselves. Difficulty with the content of language and the meaning and uses of words or sentences.

Question 23

What is a Syntactical Disorder?

Answer 23

Difficulty with the form of language, the order and combination of words to form sentences, and the relationships among the elements within a sentence. Involves word order and how sentences are normally constructed