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Treatment Planning & Therapeutic Interventions Flashcards

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  1. A client with Parkinson's disease presents with hypophonia and reduced vocal intensity. Which intervention has the strongest evidence base for this population?

    Answer: Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT LOUD)

    LSVT LOUD has the strongest evidence base for improving vocal loudness and speech intelligibility in Parkinson's disease.

  2. Which augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategy is MOST appropriate for a beginning communicator who relies on unconventional means such as reaching and vocalizing?

    Answer: PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) Phase I training

    PECS Phase I trains the person to physically exchange a picture for a desired item, teaching intentional communication without requiring prerequisite pointing skills.

  3. A preschooler is receiving language intervention using focused stimulation. What is the SLP's primary technique in this approach?

    Answer: Providing many models of a target form in meaningful contexts without requiring production

    Focused stimulation provides multiple models of a target form in naturalistic contexts, allowing the child to acquire the form without required responses.

  4. Which compensatory strategy is MOST appropriate for a patient with severe Wernicke's aphasia who has limited comprehension?

    Answer: Using short, simple utterances combined with gestural and written cues

    Multimodal cuing (short utterances, gestures, and written supports) maximizes comprehension for clients with severe receptive aphasia.

  5. A 4-year-old is being treated for language delay using Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT). Which technique involves withholding a desired item to create a communication opportunity?

    Answer: Environmental arrangement

    Environmental arrangement strategically places desired items out of reach or in view to create natural communicative need.

  6. An adult with ALS is losing the ability to speak. Which AAC planning principle should guide early intervention before speech is fully lost?

    Answer: Begin voice banking and message banking while intelligible speech remains

    Voice banking captures the person's natural voice early for use in speech-generating devices before dysarthria severely degrades speech quality.

  7. Which intervention approach uses systematic manipulation of utterance length and complexity to shape a child's language output?

    Answer: Vertical structuring / scaffolding of mean length of utterance

    Vertical structuring scaffolds language production by building from single words to longer utterances systematically within a session.