What defines a true first word (i.e., how do we consider a word to be a true word)?

With content (semantics) for adolescences, figurative language has been found to be associated with success in school.  What are two examples of figurative language? and

Fluency interrupters, also called mazes, and include such things as false starts, hesitations, fillers, and revisions should be viewed as stuttering.

The purpose of a screening is not to determine whether a child has a language problem, but to detect children whose language may need to be monitored or formally evaluated.

Chapter 14 discussed highlighting intervention targets via: 1) multiple exposures, 2) distributed vs mass trials and exposures, 3) suprasegmental and rate variations, and 4) input modality variations.  Categorize the difference between distributed and mass trials/practice and exposures for language therapy.

Tasks completed to discover a child’s potential to improve performance or ability to learn is called .

The use of African American English (AAE) does not mean that a child has a language impairment.  AAE is an independent linguistic system that is related to Standard American English (SAE) but has many of its own formal and functional characteristics.  A child’s use of AAE, in the absence of impaired ability to learn language, is not a language disorder or an impairment. With regards to our profession, discuss the relationship between the degree of use of AAE and academic achievement & the possible elective intervention or (RtI) targets/ideas.

Which of the following is TRUE with regards to AAC:

To be diagnoses with an intellectual disability three criteria must be met: 1) significant limitation in intellectual functioning (e.g., IQ below 70), 2) significant limitation in adaptive behavior, and 3) appearance of limitations before the age of 18.    Our text discussed etiologies associated with ID as being biological or cultural-familial in origin.  What are two types (names of) within either of these etiologies that were discussed?  and

A high proportion of blind children will use echolalic speech.