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What is the primary consideration when selecting a formal assessment tool?
What is a characteristic of informal assessments?
Why is it important to consider the client's ethnic background when selecting a formal assessment tool?
What is a limitation of formal assessments?
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What skill is required of the clinician when using informal assessments?
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What is the primary risk factor for developing written language deficits in preschool-aged children?
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What skills should be evaluated in children in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten to predict later reading disability?
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What is a common symptom of syntax/morphology difficulties in children with language deficits?
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What is the purpose of the Preschool Language Scales-Fifth Edition (PLS-5) assessment?
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What is the basal criterion for the Preschool Language Scales-Fifth Edition (PLS-5) assessment?
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What is the name of the two sections of the Preschool Language Scales-Fifth Edition (PLS-5) assessment?
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What is the primary focus of the Descriptive language assessment approach?
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What is a limitation of the Psychometric language assessment approach?
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What is the recommended language assessment approach?
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What can be inferred from a language sample?
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What is a characteristic of a child with reading disability?
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What is the importance of assessing literacy and school curriculum?
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What is Clinical Discourse Analysis?
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What is the advantage of the Descriptive language assessment approach?
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What is a characteristic of the Integrated language assessment approach?
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Why is it important to assess language skills early?
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Why do tests need to be periodically changed?
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What does the CELF-P test assess?
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What is the Language Content Index (LCI) a measure of?
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What is the main difference between PLS-5 and CELF-P?
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What is the Receptive Language Index (RLI) a measure of?
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How many subtests does the CELF-P test have?
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Formal assessments can deeply evaluate aspects of language.
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The CELF-5 assessment is used for informal language evaluation.
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The age of the client is a factor to consider when choosing an assessment tool.
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Informal assessments are typically used to assess receptive language skills only.
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There is one formal language assessment tool that is suitable for all children and clinicians.
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Children with oral language deficits are at a high risk of developing reading disabilities later in life.
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A family history of reading disability is a common symptom of language deficits in children.
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The Preschool Language Scales-Fifth Edition (PLS-5) assessment evaluates phonemic awareness skills in children.
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Children with language deficits often exhibit difficulty recalling names of items in a specific category.
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The PLS-5 assessment has a basal criterion of 6 correct and a ceiling criterion of 3 incorrect.
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The Preschool Language Scales-Fifth Edition (PLS-5) assessment is used to evaluate children from birth to 11 years old.
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The CELF-P assessment provides a broad overview of developmental language skills in language domains affecting communication.
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The PLS-5 assessment is used for in-depth assessment of semantics, morphology, and syntax.
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The Language Structure Index (LSI) is a measure of overall expressive language skills.
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The Receptive Language Index (RLI) is a measure of listening and reading comprehension skills.
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The CELF-P assessment has two scales: auditory comprehension and expressive communication.
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The PLS-5 assessment is used for in-depth assessment of pragmatics and emerging literacy.
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The Psychometric Traditional language assessment approach focuses on assessing the complex, multidimensional aspects of language.
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The Descriptive language assessment approach is highly reliable and valid.
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The Integrated language assessment approach combines aspects of the Psychometric and Descriptive approaches.
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Language Sampling is a type of formal assessment.
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A comprehensive assessment should include an evaluation of the teacher's communication style.
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Poor phonemic awareness is a characteristic of a child with reading disability.
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The primary focus of Clinical Discourse Analysis is to assess the child's language skills in a conversational setting.
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Formal assessments are highly subjective and prone to bias.
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The Language Content Index (LCI) is a measure of receptive language skills.
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Assessing language skills early is important because it can help identify potential language deficits and provide early intervention.
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