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| What are the basic goals of communicative assessment? |
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Definition
| Specify communication strengths and weaknesses, identify causes of problems, and make plans to address them. |
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| What are the 3 categories of etiology? |
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Definition
1. Predisposing cause: underlying factors that led to problem
2. Precipitating cause: factor that triggered disorder
3. Maintaining/perpetuating cause: keeps problem going |
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Term
| When is a disorder considered somatogenic verses functional? |
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Definition
Somatogenic (organic) when it comes from the body.
Functional (psychogenic) when no physical cause can be identified. |
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Term
| How does an SLP decide what to target for intervention? |
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Definition
| Client's personal needs and potential for generalization |
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Term
| How is the success of speech and language therapy determined? |
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Definition
| By post therapy tests: automaticity, self-monitor and self-correct, generalizing learned skills outside of clinic |
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Term
| What is the acronym for remembering how to write behavioral objectives and describe each letter. |
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Definition
A: actor
B: behavior
C: condition
D: degree |
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