SLP Social and Cognitive Communication 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which intervention approach uses video recordings of the child's own social interactions to promote self-reflection and skill development?
- PROMPT therapy
- Video self-modeling (VSM) (Correct answer)
- ReST treatment
- Fast ForWord
Correct answer: Video self-modeling (VSM)
Video self-modeling uses edited footage of the child performing target behaviors successfully to reinforce social and communicative skills through observational learning.
Question 2: A 7-year-old consistently fails to adjust speaking volume and formality when talking to adults versus peers. This reflects a deficit in:
- Phonological awareness
- Register shifting (communicative register) (Correct answer)
- Narrative macrostructure
- Morphological marking
Correct answer: Register shifting (communicative register)
Register shifting is the sociolinguistic ability to adapt language style, vocabulary, and prosody to match the social context and listener characteristics.
Question 3: The Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, and Transactional Support (SCERTS) model is designed primarily for individuals with:
- Aphasia following stroke
- Autism spectrum disorder (Correct answer)
- Traumatic brain injury
- Dysarthria
Correct answer: Autism spectrum disorder
SCERTS is an evidence-based educational model specifically developed to address the core social communication and emotional regulation challenges in autism spectrum disorder.
Question 4: During a narrative retell task, a child with DLD omits the problem and resolution but includes all character names. Which story grammar component is most impaired?
- Character identification
- Initiating event and consequence (Correct answer)
- Setting description
- Dialogue production
Correct answer: Initiating event and consequence
The problem (initiating event) and resolution (consequence) are the causal backbone of story grammar; their absence reflects impaired narrative macrostructure despite intact surface recall.
Question 5: Which pragmatic skill allows a speaker to clarify a misunderstood message without being prompted by the listener?
- Turn-taking
- Contingent query response
- Spontaneous repair (self-repair) (Correct answer)
- Topic initiation
Correct answer: Spontaneous repair (self-repair)
Spontaneous self-repair occurs when the speaker recognizes a communication breakdown and revises the message without external prompting, reflecting strong pragmatic monitoring.
Question 6: A clinician is using 'Social Thinking' (Michelle Garcia Winner) strategies with a client. These strategies primarily target:
- Articulation accuracy in connected speech
- Understanding hidden rules and social expectations (Correct answer)
- Phonemic awareness for reading
- Voice quality and resonance
Correct answer: Understanding hidden rules and social expectations
Social Thinking curriculum teaches individuals to understand unspoken social expectations, perspective-taking, and the social consequences of behavior.
Question 7: Which of the following is a core feature of pragmatic language impairment (PLI) that distinguishes it from specific language impairment (SLI)?
- Reduced mean length of utterance
- Difficulty with structural grammar rules
- Impaired use of language in social contexts despite adequate syntax (Correct answer)
- Low scores on standardized vocabulary tests
Correct answer: Impaired use of language in social contexts despite adequate syntax
PLI is characterized by significant difficulty using language socially and contextually, despite relatively intact structural grammar — the key distinction from SLI.
SLP Social and Cognitive Communication 3
Which intervention approach uses video recordings of the child's own social interactions to promote self-reflection and skill development?