SLP Assessment and Intervention Principles 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A clinician is selecting a standardized assessment for a 5-year-old bilingual child. Which principle is MOST critical?
- Use only English-language norms
- Select a test normed on a representative bilingual population (Correct answer)
- Administer the test in the dominant language only
- Apply monolingual norms and add a correction factor
Correct answer: Select a test normed on a representative bilingual population
Tests should be normed on populations that reflect the child's linguistic background to ensure valid interpretation of scores.
Question 2: Dynamic assessment differs from static assessment primarily because it:
- Uses standardized scoring rubrics
- Measures the child's response to mediated learning (Correct answer)
- Focuses exclusively on expressive language
- Relies on caregiver report rather than direct testing
Correct answer: Measures the child's response to mediated learning
Dynamic assessment evaluates learning potential by examining how a child performs before and after examiner-provided mediation.
Question 3: When conducting a speech sound disorder intervention, minimal pairs therapy is best suited for children who:
- Have stimulability deficits across all phonemes
- Use phonemic contrasts inconsistently in connected speech
- Show no awareness that their productions differ from targets (Correct answer)
- Have primarily motor-based errors with no phonological component
Correct answer: Show no awareness that their productions differ from targets
Minimal pairs therapy targets phonemic awareness and is especially effective when the child lacks awareness of meaningful distinctions between sounds.
Question 4: A clinician uses criterion-referenced assessment rather than norm-referenced assessment. The primary benefit is:
- It allows comparison to same-age peers
- It identifies a client's skills relative to a defined standard or goal (Correct answer)
- It yields standard scores for eligibility determination
- It is faster to administer than standardized tests
Correct answer: It identifies a client's skills relative to a defined standard or goal
Criterion-referenced tools measure whether a client can perform specific skills at a defined mastery level, independent of peer comparison.
Question 5: Which intervention approach uses structured conversational exchanges to expand a child's utterance just above their current mean length of utterance (MLU)?
- Imitation training
- Milieu teaching / incidental teaching
- Phonological process therapy
- Naturalistic recast (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Naturalistic recast
Naturalistic recasts respond to the child's utterance by modeling a slightly more complex version, targeting morphosyntax in conversational context.
Question 6: An SLP is writing a SOAP note. In which section should the clinician document the client's response to treatment activities?
- Subjective
- Objective (Correct answer)
- Assessment
- Plan
Correct answer: Objective
The Objective section contains measurable, observable data collected during the session, including the client's performance on treatment tasks.
Question 7: Evidence-based practice (EBP) in speech-language pathology requires integrating which three components?
- Research evidence, clinical expertise, and client values/preferences (Correct answer)
- Standardized tests, treatment protocols, and insurance guidelines
- Case history, diagnosis, and discharge criteria
- Peer-reviewed studies, ICD codes, and billing documentation
Correct answer: Research evidence, clinical expertise, and client values/preferences
EBP combines the best available external research evidence with the clinician's expertise and the individual client's values and preferences.
SLP Assessment and Intervention Principles 2
A clinician is selecting a standardized assessment for a 5-year-old bilingual child.
Which principle is MOST critical?