Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Conditions

Question 1

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) commonly co-occurs with

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 2

Primary areas affected by epilepsy include:

Accepted Answer

alertness, attention, processing, memory, verbal reasoning & concepts.

Question 3

Assessment performance in epilepsy will likely fluctuate

Accepted Answer

On a daily basis

Question 4

Common co-morbidities with CP include:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 5

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome presents as a spectrum of severity

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Dysarthria is common in CP and affects the following 5 parameters:

Accepted Answer

Respiration, Phonation, Resonance, Articulation and Prosody

Question 7

Types of Cerebral Palsy include:

Accepted Answer

Spastic , Ataxic, Dyskinetic and Mixed

Question 8

Someone with social pragmatic communication disorder (SPCD) will have difficulties with:

Accepted Answer

Understanding non-literal language and using language in social situations.

Question 9

The speech and language therapist has sole responsibility for diagnosing ASD

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Assessment considerations for the SLT when working with someone who has ADHD:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 11

For children with social language difficulties, we use formal assessment to help us find out more about:

Accepted Answer

Inferential comp., relevance, non literal language comp.

Question 12

In addition, would expect someone with this type to be more likely to suffer significant co-morbidities

Accepted Answer

Quadriplegia

Question 13

A good example of a 'total communication environment' would include:

Accepted Answer

Signing, visual support, simplified language, inclusive AAC use.

Question 14

What percentage of ADHD cases co-occur with another condition?

Accepted Answer

60-80%

Question 15

Cerebral Palsy is a progressive condition

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

The Affective Communication Assessment (ACA) for people with PMLD allows us to:

Accepted Answer

Interpret behaviour by carefully observing reactions to different stimuli

Question 17

Epilepsy is more common in people with ASD that in the general population

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 17