Articulation & Phonology
What is the difference between articulation and phonology?
Articulation involves producing individual speech sounds correctly, while phonology involves patterns of speech sound errors.
CAS stands for what speech disorder? DOUBLE JEPOARDY!!!!!!
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
What is fluency?
The smooth, effortless flow of speech.
What does pragmatics refer to?
The use of language in social contexts.
What tool can help track progress on speech sound targets over time?
A rubric, visual tracker, or data collection system.
Name two types of cueing methods commonly used during articulation therapy.
Any two: verbal, visual, tactile.
CAS is primarily a disorder of what?
Motor planning and programming speech movements.
Name one core stuttering behavior.
Repetitions, prolongations, or blocks.
Name one of the three major domains of pragmatics.
Communicative Intent, Conversational Rules, or Nonverbal Communication.
Why are mirrors commonly used during articulation therapy?
To help clients see and monitor speech sound placement and movement.
What are the three speech sound terms used to describe consonants?
Voicing, place, and manner.
Name one hallmark characteristic of CAS.
Inconsistent errors, groping, or disrupted prosody.
Which is a typical disfluency: "um" or a block?
"Um" (interjection).
Give an example of a nonverbal communication skill. DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!
Eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, body language, or proximity.
What information might you document in a SOAP note when observing CAS?
Inconsistent productions, sequencing breakdowns, or motor-planning difficulties.
Name four major articulators used in speech production.
Any four: lips, tongue, teeth, jaw, velum, palate.
True or False: CAS occurs because a child is not trying hard enough to speak.
False. Give a reason.
What speech strategy involves gently starting voice production?
Easy onset
Why is it important to consider culture when evaluating social communication?
Social communication expectations vary across cultures.
A supervisor asks you to follow an established therapy plan exactly as written. What clinical term describes this?
Treatment fidelity
A child says "tat" for "cat." Is this more likely an articulation error or a phonological error?
Fronting
A child produces a word correctly one time and incorrectly the next three times. Which CAS characteristic might this demonstrate?
Inconsistent errors.
True or False: Stuttering is caused by poor parenting.
False. Stuttering is a neurodevelopmental disorder.
Which statement is more neurodiversity-affirming?
A. "The child refuses to socialize."
B. "The child enjoys parallel play."
B. "The child enjoys parallel play."
During therapy, you provide praise, visual cues, and verbal reminders to support a client's success. What two broad treatment strategies are you using?
Reinforcement and cueing