Phonological Processes
A child produces "weg" for "leg", what phonological process is this?
A. fronting
B. gliding
C. Stopping
D. depalatalization
B. gliding
A comprehensive plan outlining the approach and strategies for speech therapy.
Treatment Program
The articulation therapy approach that emphasizes the phoneme as the basic unit of speech production is:
A. McDonald's sensorimotor approach
B. Van Riper's traditional approach
C. the maximal contrast approach
D. the metaphon approach
B. Van Riper's traditional approach
Of the following sounds, which is likely to be produced last by children acquiring North American English?
A. s
B. n
C. d
D. t
E. s
A. s
Of the following sounds, which is a glide:
A. r
B. k
C. w
D. l
E. m
C. w
A child produces "share" for "chair", what phonological process is this?
A. fronting
B. gliding
C. deaffrication
D. depalatalization
C. deaffrication
Specific techniques and interventions used by the clinician during therapy sessions to target and improve speech sound production.
Treatment Variables
The therapy technique of phonetic placement is used to teach or establish:
A. auditory discrimination
B. stimulability
C. production of a phoneme in isolation
D. minimal pair contrasts
C. production of a phoneme in isolation
The phonological process of fronting would affect a child's pronunciation of which of the following words?
A. Cat
B. Dome
C. Fly
D. Bee
E. Way
A. Cat
Structured opportunities for the child to produce a target sound is called?
Discrete trials
A child produces "god" for "dog", what phonological process is this?
A. epenthesis
B. metathesis
C. deaffrication
D. depalatalization
B. metathesis
True or False:
Three considerations of target selection are:
1. immediate success
2. immediate generalized productions
3. ethnoculturally appropriate
True
The idea of phoneme collapse is consistent with which approach to tx?
A. minimal pairs
B. cycles approach
C. multiple oppositions
D. maximal pairs
C. multiple oppositions
Of the following words, which is most likely to undergo weak syllable deletion?
A. alive
b. better
c. silly
d. mother
e. doctor
A. alive
alive is the only word with a strong-weak pattern
For a speaker with velopharyngeal incompetence, which of the following sounds would be most difficult to produce normally?
a. m
b. s
c. d
d. l
e. j
b. s
Suzie comes to your clinic and is 5 years old. Suzie presents with the following phonological processes: assimilation, final consonant deletion, and deaffrication. Is Suzie developing appropriately for her age?
A. Yes, these processes are typical for a 5-year old.
B. No, these processes are rare and should be eliminated by age 2.
C. No, these processes are eliminated by age 3-4.
D. Yes, these processes are eliminated by age 7.
C. No, these processes are eliminated by age 3-4.
Which treatment approach usually targets 1-2 phonemes at a time?
Traditional
Use this to inform a child of an error made while attempting to produce the target sound OR as behavior management: inappropriate/interfering behaviors.
Corrective Feedback
True or False:
These are the three approaches to target selection:
1. Vertical approach
2. Horizontal approach
3. Cyclical approach
True
1. Vertical approach
Focus on 1–2 targets at a time until mastery
2. Horizontal approach
Target multiple sounds (e.g., ~5) at once
3. Cyclical approach
Balance of both approaches
Target sounds for a short time (e.g., 1 week), then move on
Rotate through targets regardless of mastery
This is a starting point, current qualitative number/level, indicator of how much change to expect.
Baseline or Baserating
Amanda just came back from vacation with her family. She tells you she built a "thand castle". Amanda has just manifested which type of articulation error?
A. Distortion
B. Addition
C. Deletion
D. Substitution
D. Substitution
Which treatment approach usually targets multiple sounds/processes at once?
Phonological approach
Of the following tx programs, a which includes auditory bombardment at the beginning of each tx session?
A. Hodson-Paden Cycles Approach
B. Programmed Conditioning for Articulation
C. McDonald Sensory-Motor Program
D. Motoric Automatization of Articulatory Performance
E. Multiple Oppositions
A. Hodson-Paden Cycles Approach
Of the following statements regarding African American English, which is true?
a. it typically does not have the voiceless th in word-final position
b. it typically does not have the voiceless th in word-initial position
c. it does not have "ch" in word-final position
d. all of the above
a. it typically does not have the voiceless th in word-final position
A child's phonetic inventory does not contain any initial voiceless stops. The clinician chooses to target initial voicing in therapy. This is an example of which of the following approaches to goal selection?
A. Segment approach
B. phonological process approach
c. contrast approach
d. a motor approach
e. none of the above
B. phonological process approach
beacuse you are targeting an entire class of errors