End of Course Review

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Which of the following consonant phonemes require the use of the lips for articulation? /sh/, /y/, and /n/, /p/, /m/, and /f/, /th/, /d/, and /s/, /k/, /ng/, and /h/

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/p/, /m/, and /f/

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A middle school student is unfamiliar with the meaning of the word anthropomorphic. What linguistic knowledge would best enable the student to understand this word?

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morphology

Front

What is the rationale for teaching pragmatics through the use of oral language to prepare students to comprehend text?

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Teaching pragmatics through oral language may positively impact a student's understanding of implied meaning in written language.

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In addition to phonological processing, which of the following is an essential component of an effective evaluation for dyslexia? intelligence, visual processing, math skills, spelling

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spelling

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Under IDEA, “Specific Learning Disability” is an identifiable category of disability with eight academic domains. Dyslexia is included as one condition under the SLD umbrella ensuring which of the following for students with an identification under IDEA: a 504 Plan, eligibility for special education and related services, reevaluation before a significant change in placement, protection under civil rights law?

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eligibility for special education and related services

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Which subtype of executive function that includes the capabilities of processing, storage, and retrieval impacts the decoding difficulty seen with dyslexia?

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working memory

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Which of the following factors interrelate to affect overall reading comprehension achievement?
Options: vocabulary and oral expression, language comprehension and decoding, phonological awareness and expressive language, spelling and syntax

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language comprehension and decoding

Front

What steps should an academic language therapist take if a local school district reaches out requesting the records of a former student?

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Receive written consent from the adult student, or from the parent or legal guardian of the minor student.

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How can the following communication between an Academic Language Therapist and a teacher be revised and improved? Melissa can understand 2nd grade level text that is read to her and she does not attempt to read unfamiliar words on her own and she looks at the teacher and says, "I don't know."

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Melissa can understand 2nd grade level text that is read to her. However, she does not attempt to read unfamiliar words on her own. Instead, she looks at the teacher and says, "I don't know."

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Research suggests that the defining characteristic of dyslexia is that a student does what?

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Has difficulties with the phonology of language