Question 1

The primary area of difficulty in children with SLI is morphosyntax.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Specific Language Impairment SLI) is a diagnosis based on exclusionary criteria. This means that

Accepted Answer

A)  Criteria are used to exclude other problems. 
B)  All possible causes are eliminated. 
C)  Other reasons for the language delay have been ruled out. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 3

Interventions for children with SLI sometimes require

Accepted Answer

A)  Training for parents on child interactions that promote language development. 
B)  Strategies that enhance social skills. 
C)  Cooperation between the classroom teacher and the SLP. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 4

Children with SLI often have

Accepted Answer

A)  Problems with interactive communication. 
B)  Phonological impairments. 
C)  Difficulty with reading and writing 
D)  Problems with peer interactions. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 5

Conversational recast training CRT)

Accepted Answer

A)  Is appropriate for children age 2 through early elementary grades. 
B)  Facilitates grammatical development. 
C)  Uses sentence recasts. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above

Question 6

A social script intervention

Accepted Answer

A)  Provides an opportunity for the SLP to write. 
B)  Encourages creative play. 
C)  Is a repeated social interaction likely to occur in daily life. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 7

The prevalence of children diagnosed with SLI is 7%.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What criteria are used to diagnose a child with specific language impairment SLI)?

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

An example of Sentence Combining intervention is

Accepted Answer

A)  Restating a child's utterance in a more complex form while maintaining the child's meaning 
B)  Parents learn to follow their child's lead, wait for a child's conversational turn and maintain balanced interactions. 
C)  Giving a child several simple sentences and having the child combine them into one complex sentence. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above.

Exam 5: Children With Specific Language Impairment