CDI445 Final11

Literacy and the SLP’s Role Flashcards

Front: What is the SLP’s role in literacy?
Back: SLPs play a critical and direct role in supporting literacy development, especially for children and adolescents with communication disorders.

Front: According to ASHA, do SLPs have a role in reading and writing development?
Back: Yes. ASHA states that SLPs play a critical and direct role in literacy development.

Front: Who do SLPs support in literacy development?
Back: Children and adolescents with communication disorders, including those with severe or multiple disabilities.

Front: How do SLPs contribute to school literacy efforts?
Back: They collaborate with other professionals and support literacy efforts across schools or communities.

Front: Why are SLPs involved in literacy?
Back: Spoken language provides the foundation for reading and writing.

Front: What is the relationship between spoken and written language?
Back: Spoken and written language have a reciprocal relationship, meaning each one supports and builds on the other.

Front: What can happen when a child has spoken language problems?
Back: The child may also have difficulty learning to read and write.

Front: What can happen when a child has reading and writing problems?
Back: The child may also have difficulty with spoken language.

Front: Can instruction in spoken language improve written language?
Back: Yes. Instruction in spoken language can support growth in written language.

Front: Can instruction in written language improve spoken language?
Back: Yes. Instruction in written language can support growth in spoken language.

Early Literacy Concepts Flashcards

Front: What are early literacy concepts?
Back: Early literacy concepts are foundational skills that support future reading and writing.

Front: What early literacy concepts can SLPs target?
Back: Phonological awareness, print concepts, alphabet awareness, oral language skills, and emergent writing.

Front: What is phonological awareness?
Back: The ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound parts of spoken language.

Front: What skills are part of phonological awareness?
Back: Word awareness, rhyming, counting syllables, breaking words into sounds, and decoding.

Front: What is word awareness?
Back: Understanding that sentences are made up of individual words.

Front: What is rhyming?
Back: Recognizing or producing words that have the same ending sounds, such as cat and hat.

Front: What does counting syllables help children understand?
Back: That words can be broken into smaller sound parts.

Front: What does it mean to break words into sounds?
Back: It means identifying the individual sounds, or phonemes, in a word.

Front: What is decoding?
Back: Using knowledge of sounds and letters to read words.

Print Concepts and Alphabet Awareness

Front: What are print concepts?
Back: Understanding how print works and what print is used for.

Front: What is alphabet awareness?
Back: Knowledge of letters and their names.

Front: What are examples of print concepts?
Back: Understanding reading direction, book orientation, and the function of print.

Front: What does reading direction mean?
Back: Knowing the direction print is read, such as left to right in English.

Front: What does book orientation mean?
Back: Knowing how to hold a book correctly and where to begin reading.

Front: What does understanding the function of print mean?
Back: Knowing that print carries meaning.

Front: What are examples of alphabet awareness?
Back: Knowing letter names and recognizing letters.

Oral Language Skills and Emergent Writing

Front: Why are oral language skills important for literacy?
Back: Oral language supports vocabulary, comprehension, reading, and writing development.

Front: How can SLPs promote oral language skills for literacy?
Back: By creating enriched language environments with opportunities to learn more advanced vocabulary.

Front: What is an enriched oral language environment?
Back: An environment where children hear and use rich vocabulary, explanations, stories, and conversations.

Front: What is emergent writing?
Back: Early attempts at writing before conventional writing is fully developed.

Front: What are examples of emergent writing?
Back: Scribbling, drawing, pretending to write, forming letters, and beginning letter development.

Front: How can SLPs support emergent writing?
Back: By encouraging children’s attempts to write and helping them move toward letter development.

Front: Why can SLPs help before a child learns to read?
Back: SLPs understand language and can support early skills that impact future reading and writing.

Intervention for Early Literacy Concepts

Front: What stance do SLPs often use when teaching early literacy concepts?
Back: A collaborative and preventative stance.

Front: Where can early literacy concepts be taught?
Back: In preschool classrooms, therapy sessions, and everyday routines.

Front: What are embedded interventions?
Back: Interventions that enhance early literacy skills through meaningful activities and interactions.

Front: What are examples of embedded interventions?
Back: Storybook reading, dramatic play, and center-time activities.

Front: What is storybook reading?
Back: Using books to support language, vocabulary, print awareness, comprehension, and early literacy skills.

Front: What is dramatic play?
Back: Pretend play that supports language, storytelling, vocabulary, and social interaction.

Front: What are center-time activities?
Back: Classroom activities where literacy skills can be practiced through play and interaction.

Front: What are explicit interventions?
Back: Structured, sequenced, adult-directed instruction on early literacy concepts.

Front: What are examples of explicit interventions?
Back: Practicing writing letters, writing plays, discussing story structure, and using songs.

Front: Do children benefit more from embedded or explicit interventions?
Back: Children learn best from exposure to both embedded and explicit interventions.

School-Aged Literacy Flashcards

Front: What happens to literacy once children begin school?
Back: Literacy becomes embedded into the learning process.

Front: What literacy skills are needed for school success?
Back: Phonological awareness, spelling, reading, and writing.

Front: Why is phonological awareness important for school-aged children?
Back: It supports decoding, spelling, and reading development.

Front: Why is spelling important for literacy?
Back: Spelling reflects knowledge of sounds, word parts, sight words, and written patterns.

Front: Why is reading important for academic success?
Back: Students use reading to learn information, understand texts, and complete school tasks.

Front: Why is writing important for academic success?
Back: Students use writing to express ideas, organize information, and demonstrate learning.

Phonological Awareness Assessment and Intervention

Front: What assessment can be used for phonological awareness in kindergarten through 3rd grade?
Back: Test of Phonological Awareness, 2nd Edition.

Front: What does TOPA-2 assess?
Back: Phonological awareness skills.

Front: What assessment can be used for phonological processing from ages 4:0 to 24:11?
Back: Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, 2nd Edition.

Front: What does CTOPP-2 assess?
Back: Phonological processing skills.

Front: What phonological awareness skills may be targeted in intervention?
Back: Decoding, letter-sound relationships, segmenting words, and rhyming.

Front: What are letter-sound relationships?
Back: Understanding which sounds are connected to specific letters.

Front: What does segmenting words mean?
Back: Breaking words into smaller sound parts.

Spelling Assessment and Intervention

Front: What assessment can be used for spelling from 2nd grade through adulthood?
Back: Spelling Performance Evaluation for Language and Literacy, 2nd Edition.

Front: What assessment can be used for spelling and word identification from ages 7:0 to 18:11?
Back: Word Identification and Spelling Test.

Front: What spelling-related skills may be targeted in intervention?
Back: Phonological awareness, morphological awareness, sight words, and orthographic knowledge.

Front: What is morphological awareness?
Back: Understanding word parts that carry meaning, such as prefixes, suffixes, and roots.

Front: What are sight words?
Back: Words students recognize automatically without needing to decode each sound.

Front: What is orthographic knowledge?
Back: Knowledge of spelling patterns and the way words are written.

Reading Assessment and Intervention

Front: What assessment can be used to measure oral reading from ages 6:0 to 23:11?
Back: Gray Oral Reading Tests, 5th Edition.

Front: What assessment can be used for reading from ages 6:0 to 79:11?
Back: Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, 3rd Edition.

Front: What reading skills may be targeted in intervention?
Back: Comprehension, fluency, critical thinking, inferencing, and summarization.

Front: What is reading comprehension?
Back: Understanding what is read.

Front: What is reading fluency?
Back: Reading with accuracy, appropriate speed, and expression.

Front: What is inferencing?
Back: Using clues from the text and background knowledge to understand information that is not directly stated.

Front: What is summarization?
Back: Identifying and explaining the most important information from a text.

Front: Why is critical thinking important in reading?
Back: It helps students analyze, evaluate, and understand deeper meaning in text.

Writing Assessment and Intervention

Front: What assessment can be used for written language from ages 9:0 to 17:11?
Back: Test of Written Language, 4th Edition.

Front: What written expression assessment can be used from ages 3:0 to 21:11?
Back: Oral and Written Language Scales II: Written Expression Scale.

Front: What writing skills may be targeted in intervention?
Back: Spelling, punctuation, syntax, organization, and planning.

Front: Why is syntax important in writing?
Back: Syntax helps students create clear and grammatically correct sentences.

Front: Why is organization important in writing?
Back: Organization helps students arrange ideas clearly and logically.

Front: Why is planning important in writing?
Back: Planning helps students organize thoughts before writing.

Evidence-Based Practice Flashcards

Front: What literacy program is mentioned as evidence-based practice in the PowerPoint?
Back: The Barton Reading and Writing System.

Front: When was the Barton Reading and Writing System created?
Back: 1998.

Front: Who was the Barton Reading and Writing System created for?
Back: Students with dyslexia.

Front: What approach does the Barton Reading and Writing System follow?
Back: The Orton-Gillingham Approach.

Front: How does the Barton system teach literacy?
Back: It uses direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive instruction.

Front: Is the Barton Reading and Writing System short or long?
Back: It is a long and intense program.

Front: How long can it take students to complete all 10 levels of Barton?
Back: About 2–4 years with twice-weekly sessions.

Technology and Literacy Flashcards

Front: What technology can help children who struggle with spelling?
Back: Speech-to-text applications.

Front: What is an example of speech recognition software?
Back: Dragon Speech Recognition Software.

Front: How can speech-to-text help students?
Back: It allows students who struggle with spelling or writing mechanics to express ideas verbally and convert speech into written text.

Front: What technology can help children organize their thoughts for writing?
Back: Graphic organizers.

Front: What is an example of a graphic organizer tool?
Back: Mind Master.

Front: How do graphic organizers help with writing?
Back: They help students organize ideas before writing.

Quick Review Flashcards

Front: What are the four school-aged literacy areas from the PowerPoint?
Back: Phonological awareness, spelling, reading, and writing.

Front: Which literacy skill involves manipulating sounds in speech?
Back: Phonological awareness.

Front: Which literacy skill involves letter names and reading direction?
Back: Print concepts and alphabet awareness.

Front: Which early literacy skill involves rich vocabulary and language exposure?
Back: Oral language skills.

Front: Which early literacy skill involves scribbling, drawing, and letter development?
Back: Emergent writing.

Front: Which intervention uses meaningful activities like storybook reading and dramatic play?
Back: Embedded intervention.

Front: Which intervention uses structured, adult-directed instruction?
Back: Explicit intervention.

Front: What should children be exposed to for best literacy learning?
Back: Both embedded and explicit interventions.

Front: Which reading skill means understanding the text?
Back: Comprehension.

Front: Which reading skill means reading smoothly and accurately?
Back: Fluency.

Front: Which writing skill helps students arrange ideas clearly?
Back: Organization.

Front: Which literacy system follows the Orton-Gillingham approach?
Back: Barton Reading and Writing System.

Front: True or False: Spoken language and written language are connected.
Back: True. Spoken language supports reading and writing, and written language can support spoken language.