Pediatric Speech-Language Pathology
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Course Introduction
Pediatric Speech-Language Pathology is a specialized course focusing on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders in infants, children, and adolescents. The curriculum covers the developmental milestones of speech and language, the impact of congenital and acquired conditions on communication, as well as intervention approaches tailored to pediatric populations. Students will explore the roles of family-centered care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based practices in supporting children with articulation, fluency, voice, language, and feeding difficulties. Practical case studies and hands-on experiences prepare students to address the unique challenges encountered in clinical and educational settings, ensuring effective support for childrens communicative needs.
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Articulation and Phonological Disorders Speech Sound Disorders in Children 7th Edition by John
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Speech Sound Disorders
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Q1) The primary articulators are the tongue, lips, jaw and:
A) Velopharynx
B) Larynx
C) Teeth
D) Cheeks
Answer: A
Q2) What kind of airflow is necessary for speech production?
A) Regressive
B) Egressive
C) Impassive
D) Remissive
Answer: B
Q3) The phoneme /k/ has a bilabial placement.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Discuss the differences between consonants and vowels.
Answer: Answers will vary, but students should discuss the open vocal tract that is characteristic of vowels whereas consonants have a constriction at some point along the vocal tract.
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Chapter 2: Normal Aspects of Articulation
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Q1) Children develop their first words around the age of:
A) 21 months
B) 6 months
C) 18 months
D) 12 months
Answer: D
Q2) A common set of theories that focus on the input signal and output signal of speech production are referred to as:
A) Psycholinguistic theories
B) Behaviorist models
C) Sonority hypothesis
D) Lexicon models
Answer: A
Q3) Natural phonology contributed to the SLP field specifically by introducing the idea of:
A) Moraic theory
B) Representational phonology
C) Segmental phonology
D) Phonological processes or patterns
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Speech Sound Acquisition
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Q1) Newborn hearing screenings are universal in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Hearing loss can affect speech sound production as well as:
A) Suprasegmentals
B) Eyesight
C) Intelligence
D) Fine Motor Skills
Answer: A
Q3) Speech sound disorders typically occur in isolation of other disorders.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Name two professionals with whom SLPs will need to collaborate when working with individuals with cranio-facial anomalies.
Answer: Physician, ENT, dentist, orthodontist, surgeon, etc.
Q5) Name two kinds of amplification that children/ adults with hearing loss may receive. Answer: Hearing aids and cochlear implants
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Chapter 4: Classification and Comorbidity in Speech Sound Disorders
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Q1) Research does not support a connection between otitis media and speech sound disorders.
A)True B)False
Q2) Children with SSD often struggle with reading and spelling. Interestingly, children with SSD have often exhibited the same errors in their spelling as they do in their speech. Discuss why this may be?
Q3) Tongue thrust only has to do with swallowing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the top-down versus bottom-up theories of speech production.
Q5) Discuss the link between language and phonology. What areas of language are most closely related to phonological disorders?
Q6) Name three roles of speech perception in speech production abilities.
Q7) Ankyloglossia refers to:
A) An enlarged tongue
B) A short frenum
C) A long tongue
D) A partially removed tongue
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Chapter 5: Factors Related to Speech Sound Disorders
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Q1) A speech sound analysis that compares what the child is producing to the adult form of the phoneme is called:
A) Independent analysis
B) Dependent analysis
C) Relational analysis
D) Repertoire analysis
Q2) Contextual testing allows clinicians to examine how ________ affects phoneme production.
A) Coarticulation
B) Dentition
C) Language
D) Prosody
Q3) Conversational speech samples alone are sufficient to determine whether or not a child needs speech therapy services.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are three factors that SLPs should consider when selecting a phonological assessment?
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Chapter 6: Phonological Assessment Procedures
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Q1) If a child says "da" for "dog", that is an example of final consonant deletion.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A child produces the word "swing" like "sawing". The is an example of:
A) Cluster simplification
B) Metathesis
C) Epenthesis
D) Coalescence
Q3) Name the two reasons phonological patterns are useful.
Q4) Individuals with a dialectical variation should never be considered for phonological therapy, unless the individual elects to pursue accent modification.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Computer assisted phonological analysis can be described as:
A) The only tool needed for an assessment
B) Time-saving, but not a replacement for clinical judgment
C) A keen replacement for clinical judgment
D) A cumbersome tool that does not provide useful information
Q6) Name the three ways that intelligibility can be measured.
Q7) Describe the phonological pattern "coalescence" and give an example.
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Chapter 7: Determining the Need for Intervention and Target Selection
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Q1) All children who are dismissed from speech sound intervention have achieved mastery and retention of the skills.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A common organizational sequence for therapy is in the correct order):
A) Antecedent event, no response, consequent event
B) Consequent event, antecedent event, response
C) Response, antecedent event, precedent event
D) Antecedent event, response, consequent event
Q3) Across-situational generalization should be facilitated as soon as:
A) The client is ready to be dismissed
B) The client can produce the sound at the word level
C) The client begins therapy
D) The client shows signs of across-sound generalization
Q4) Generalization probes should include all words targeted in treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss both sides of the argument for targeting nonstimulable and/ or later developing sounds.
Q6) Define across-sound generalization. Page 9
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Chapter 8: Remediation Procedures
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Q1) The first step in perceptual training of contrasts involves introducing the child to what a minimal pair is.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the three types of principles of motor learning.
Q3) The three phases of a treatment continuum - establishment, generalization, and maintenance - are 3 separate, discreet, and isolated stages.
A)True
B)False
Q4) If a clinician says "listen to how I make this sound. Watch my mouth. Now you say it!", the clinician is trying to get the client to ___________.
A) Imitate the sound
B) Identify the sound
C) Place his articulators correctly
D) Shape the sound
Q5) Name two different perceptual training activities.
Q6) Articulation and phonology are two sides to the same coin.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Motor-Based Treatment Approaches
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Q1) A clinician who is working with a child with comorbid speech and language disorders would be inclined to use a _________________ approach.
A) Maximal oppositions
B) Whole language
C) Cycles
D) Minimal pairs
Q2) Provide four sets of minimal pairs two initial and two final) to use in therapy for a child who substitutes /t/ for /k/.
Q3) The words "take" and "make" are examples of of a word pair that might be used in a maximal oppositions approach.
A)True
B)False
Q4) One of the eight activities used in a cycles approach treatment session is:
A) Vocabulary review
B) Spelling probe
C) Phonological awareness activities
D) Oral motor exercises.
Q5) Describe a typical treatment session that uses the cycles approach.
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Chapter 10: Linguistically-Based Treatment Approaches
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Q1) For individuals who are bilingual, a motor based approach is:
A) Appropriate
B) Not appropriate
C) Not empirically tested
D) Appropriate for all but the Asian languages
Q2) General American English, Southern White Standard, Caribbean English, and African American English are all examples of an):
A) Accents
B) Dialects
C) Language difference
D) Language disorder
Q3) The likelihood of misdiagnosis increases if SLPs are not aware of the dialect a child is speaking.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are some factors that contribute to dialect?
Q5) Everyone speaks a dialect of some language.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Phonological Awareness: Description,
Assessment, and Intervention
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Q1) Children with speech sound disorders and comorbid language impairments are at higher risk for literacy difficulties than children with isolated speech sound disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Jenny is a fourth grade girl who has been in speech therapy for a speech sound disorder since Kindergarten. Her teacher tells you that Jenny struggles with spelling and basic decoding. These struggles are really holding Jenny back from progressing in the fourth grade curriculum, since most of it requires reading to learn. You begin to incorporate some phonological awareness activities into your intervention sessions. You notice that Jenny struggles with all levels of phonological awareness abilities including rhyming). Is it appropriate to work on phonological awareness with this student? Why or why not?
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Q3) Although phonological awareness develops along a continuum, discuss the skills that would be expected to develop first, next, and last.
Q4) Phonological awareness should be targeted in preschool only.
A)True
B)False
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