SLP Assessment and Intervention Principles 2

Question 1

A clinician is selecting a standardized assessment for a 5-year-old bilingual child. Which principle is MOST critical?

Accepted Answer

Select a test normed on a representative bilingual population

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Measures the child's response to mediated learning

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Show no awareness that their productions differ from targets

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

It identifies a client's skills relative to a defined standard or goal

Answer

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)?

Accepted Answer

Naturalistic recast

Answer

Naturalistic recasts respond to the child's utterance by modeling a slightly more complex version, targeting morphosyntax in conversational context.

SLP - Speech-Language Pathology Practice Test

SLP - Speech-Language Pathology Practice Test

SLP Assessment and Intervention Principles 2