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Intervention Planning & Therapeutic Techniques Flashcards

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  1. Which Orton-Gillingham principle requires the therapist to teach only one new concept per lesson before moving forward?

    Answer: Incremental sequencing

    Incremental sequencing means introducing one new phoneme-grapheme correspondence at a time so the student achieves mastery before progression.

  2. A CDT is creating a scope and sequence for a student with dyslexia. Which skill should be introduced FIRST?

    Answer: Closed syllable words with short vowels

    Closed syllables with short vowels are the foundational syllable type and are introduced first in structured literacy progressions.

  3. During an Orton-Gillingham lesson, the 'drill' segment primarily aims to:

    Answer: Automatize previously learned phoneme-grapheme correspondences

    The drill segment builds automaticity with previously taught sound-symbol correspondences through rapid, repeated practice.

  4. A student consistently reverses 'b' and 'd' in writing. The MOST evidence-based intervention is:

    Answer: Using a multisensory keyword strategy linking each letter to a distinctive word or image

    Multisensory keyword anchors (e.g., 'b' = bat-and-ball image) provide a memorable visual-kinesthetic cue that reduces confusion.

  5. Which fluency-building technique involves the student reading the same passage multiple times while being timed?

    Answer: Repeated reading

    Repeated reading is an evidence-based fluency intervention where the student reads the same text multiple times to increase rate and accuracy.

  6. A therapist uses magnetic letters to have a student build and manipulate words. This activity primarily targets:

    Answer: Phoneme-grapheme correspondence through kinesthetic encoding

    Manipulating magnetic letters engages kinesthetic and visual channels to reinforce the link between sounds and their written symbols.

  7. When a CDT writes an IEP goal stating 'the student will decode CVC words with 90% accuracy in 3 of 4 trials,' the '3 of 4 trials' criterion indicates:

    Answer: The consistency criterion needed to demonstrate mastery

    A consistency criterion (e.g., 3 of 4 trials) specifies how reliably the skill must be demonstrated to count as mastered.