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| 3 General Symptoms to Identify Autism |
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Definition
1. Difficulties socially interacting with others
2. Impairments in Communication
3. Restricted interest |
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Term
Treatment of Autism:
Eliminating Tears, Self-Injury, Meltdowns, Aggression |
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Definition
1. First Steps
a. Don’t panic!
b. Keep everyone safe
c. wait it out – do not attempt to train/teach during a tantrum
2. Analyze
a. Why breakdowns occur = Patterns (look for patterns)
Rule out a significant physical cause
i.e. Ear infection, allergies, cold, headache, PMS, sleep deprivation
b. Reasons for Breakdowns
1. Avoid a task
2. Escape forma task (during a task)
3. Get attention
4. Get something
5. Stop something from happening
3. Determine
a. Precursors – look for behavior signals
Precursors are behavioral signal that a child will exhibit before the
child has a breakdown
b. Consequences/Rewards
=What the child is obtaining by exhibiting a breakdown
Not a consequence:
Environmental change/manipulation
Training replacement behaviors |
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Term
| Teaching Social Skills for Autistic Kids |
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Definition
What Social Skills are you going to teach?
1. Teach ‘joining in’ skills
2. Teach turn-taking skills
3. Winning and losing skills
In order to teach you need to determine what are normal peers saying and doing (during play time) |
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Term
| Pure Tone Audiometry- What does it measure? |
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Definition
| Hearing Acuity (ability to hear different sounds) |
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Term
| Pure Tone Audiometry- What is produced? (Type of report/document) |
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Definition
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Term
| Speech Audiometry- What does it measure? |
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Definition
| Speech reception and Discrimination |
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Term
| Impedance audiometry- What does it measure? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does a Tympanogram produce? |
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Definition
| Graph of middle ear compliance |
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Term
| Conductive hearing loss is caused by damage to what? |
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Definition
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Term
| Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by damage to? |
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Definition
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Term
Aural Rehab
What is true about speech reading? |
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Definition
1. 30% of speech is “readable”
2. You need to face the person
3. Context is the most important component to successful speech reading |
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Term
| Normal Dysfluencies (NOT stuttering behaviors) |
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Definition
1. Whole-word repetitions
2. Revisions
3. Interjections (um, uh) |
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Term
| Abnormal Dysfluencies (Stuttering behaviors) |
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Definition
1. Part-word repetitions
2. Schwa-vowel substitutions (in part-word repetitions)
3. Vowel prolongation
4. Phonatory Arrest (block on vowels)
5. Articulatory posturing (block on consonants) |
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Term
| What are part-word and schwa-vowel substitutions? |
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Definition
| They are abnormal dyfluencies |
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Term
| What are chronicity indications (meaning they will not grow out of the stuttering if they exhibit these behaviors) |
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Definition
1. Abnormal dysfluencies
2. Word avoidance
3. Situation avoidance
4. Concomitant behaviors
5. Self-awareness – frustration, shame
6. Awareness of others |
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Term
| The main characteristic that is the most important in diagnosing cluttering is? |
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Definition
| Rapid “machine gun” rate of speech |
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Term
| What are the two major treatment areas for stuttering? |
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Definition
Modification of speech
Modification of attitudes |
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Term
| Characteristics of Apraxia |
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Definition
1. Groping and struggling – behavior increases with complexity of the language
2. Syllable reduction (collapses) in words
3. Usually the person is aware of their deficits
4. Automatic speech, social greetings, cussing, etc. are easier to produce |
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Term
Treatment of Adult Language Disorders
What are the facilitating cues for aphasia? |
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Definition
(Cueing is used for word finding and object naming)
1. Initial phoneme/syllable. Phonemic cue
2. Gesture/pantomime. Cue of function
i.e. acting out drinking from a cup |
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Term
| What is the total time of bolus transport during the pharyngeal phase? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the total time of bolus transport during the oral phase? |
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Definition
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Term
| Pure water for a patient with dysphagia may be safe to swallow if… |
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Definition
1. The water is pure
2. The patient has good oral hygiene. |
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Term
| What causes functional voice disorders? |
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Definition
1. Misuse: Incorrect production or hyper-function
2. Overuse
3. Vocal Fatigue (can occur from over use) |
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Term
| Vocal behaviors related to vocal lesions |
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Definition
1. Incorrect pitch
2. Increased loudness
3. Impaired quality |
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Term
| Augmentative and Alternative Communication |
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Definition
| An AAC device is a type of Assistive Technology |
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