Pediatric Language Intervention Flashcards
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A school-age child struggles with making inferences from text. Which intervention technique directly targets this inferencing skill?
Answer: Question-answer relationships (QAR) instruction
QAR instruction teaches children to identify where answers come from (in the text vs. in their head), directly building inferential comprehension strategies.
Which theoretic framework underlies the use of script therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder?
Answer: Schema theory and script knowledge
Script therapy is grounded in schema/script theory, leveraging children's knowledge of predictable event sequences to scaffold functional communication.
When selecting vocabulary for intervention with a child with DLD, the SLP should prioritize words that are:
Answer: High utility across multiple contexts and content areas
Tier 2 words—high-utility, cross-context vocabulary—are the primary intervention targets because they most efficiently support academic and communicative success.
Which augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategy is most appropriate for a minimally verbal 5-year-old with autism to expand utterance length?
Answer: Core vocabulary combined with aided language stimulation
Core vocabulary on a robust AAC system paired with aided language stimulation models multi-word combinations and promotes expressive language growth.
A 7-year-old has difficulty with narrative coherence. Which narrative element should the SLP target FIRST according to story grammar development?
Answer: Initiating event
Initiating events emerge earlier in narrative development and serve as the catalyst for the story, making them an appropriate first story grammar target.
Which factor most strongly predicts long-term language outcomes for a late talker at age 2?
Answer: Comprehension skills and symbolic play
Strong receptive language and symbolic play in late talkers predict better long-term language outcomes, as these indicate intact underlying language processing.
During intervention for morphosyntax, which evidence-based approach involves the clinician producing many repetitions of a target form within meaningful exchanges without requiring a response?
Answer: Focused stimulation
Focused stimulation repeatedly exposes the child to a target grammatical form in meaningful contexts to facilitate implicit learning without direct elicitation.