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Which of the following tasks is NOT included in the SLPA's responsibilities?
Which of the following tasks is NOT included in the SLPA's responsibilities?
What percentage of the SLPA exam blueprint is dedicated to providing services?
What percentage of the SLPA exam blueprint is dedicated to providing services?
When engaging with patients, what is a critical regulation that SLPA must comply with?
When engaging with patients, what is a critical regulation that SLPA must comply with?
Which of the following best describes a task that an SLPA is permitted to perform?
Which of the following best describes a task that an SLPA is permitted to perform?
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Which action aligns with the SLPA's role under supervision?
Which action aligns with the SLPA's role under supervision?
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What is a primary responsibility of an SLPA in providing therapy?
What is a primary responsibility of an SLPA in providing therapy?
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How should an SLPA modify treatment activities?
How should an SLPA modify treatment activities?
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Which of the following is NOT a part of the SLPA's duties in therapy?
Which of the following is NOT a part of the SLPA's duties in therapy?
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What is vital for the SLPA when programming augmentative and alternative communication devices?
What is vital for the SLPA when programming augmentative and alternative communication devices?
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In what way should an SLPA advocate for individuals with communication disorders?
In what way should an SLPA advocate for individuals with communication disorders?
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What role does an SLPA play in the documentation process?
What role does an SLPA play in the documentation process?
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Which of the following activities is an SLPA NOT responsible for?
Which of the following activities is an SLPA NOT responsible for?
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What is an essential skill for SLPAs in using behavioral management techniques?
What is an essential skill for SLPAs in using behavioral management techniques?
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What is one additional task SLPA may assist with related to communication devices?
What is one additional task SLPA may assist with related to communication devices?
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Why is it important for SLPAs to report their observations to the supervising SLP?
Why is it important for SLPAs to report their observations to the supervising SLP?
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Study Notes
Duties and Tasks
- SLPA's duties are to engage in tasks planned, delegated, and supervised by a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)
- Providing Services accounts for 75% of the exam content
- Providing Administrative Support accounts for 20% of the exam content
- Participating in Prevention and Advocacy accounts for 5% of the exam content
Providing Services: Self-Identification
- SLPA's must self-identify as SLPAs to families, students, patients, clients, staff, and others (e.g., name badges, verbally, documentation)
Providing Services: Compliance
- Comply with confidentiality and privacy regulations (e.g., HIPAA, FERPA)
- Comply with reimbursement requirements
- Comply with SLPA Scope of Practice
Providing Services: Screenings and Assessments
- Administer speech screenings without clinical interpretation
- Administer language screenings without clinical interpretation
- Administer hearing screenings without clinical interpretation
- Administer developmental screenings without clinical interpretation (e.g., cognitive, motor, adaptive)
- Administer oral mechanism screenings without clinical interpretation
- Assist patients/caregivers in completing case history or other relevant forms (e.g. questionnaires, outcome measures)
- Assist the SLP during assessment of students, patients, and clients exclusive of administration and/or clinical interpretation
- Assist the SLP in identifying the need for linguistically and culturally appropriate translation/interpretation services
- Assist the SLP in utilizing linguistically and culturally appropriate translation/interpretation services
Providing Services: Treatment
- Follow supervising SLP-developed treatment plans or protocols
- Assist the SLP in designing evidence-based treatment activities to address student, patient, and client goals
- Follow supervising SLP-developed treatment plans or protocols to provide direct speech therapy to students, patients, and clients
- Follow supervising SLP-developed treatment plans or protocols to provide direct language therapy to students, patients, and clients
- Follow supervising SLP-developed treatment plans or protocols to provide direct voice therapy to students, patients, and clients
- Follow supervising SLP-developed treatment plans or protocols to provide direct fluency therapy to students, patients, and clients
- Follow supervising SLP-developed treatment plans or protocols to provide direct cognitive therapy to students, patients, and clients
- Follow supervising SLP-developed treatment plans or protocols to provide direct pragmatic therapy to students, patients, and clients
- Utilize behavioral management techniques
- Modify treatment activities based on the observed physical, mental, and/or behavioral status of the student, patient, and client as instructed by the SLP
- Report modified treatment activities to the supervising SLP
- Document student, patient, and client performance (e.g., collect data; prepare charts, records, and graphs)
- Report data and observations of student, patient, and client performance to supervising SLP
Providing Services: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Program augmentative and alternative communication devices
- Provide instruction in the use of augmentative and alternative communication systems
- Report and gather data and observations of student, patient, and client performance during meetings with the supervising SLP present
Providing Administrative Support
- Prepare therapeutic and educational materials (e.g., visual aids, adapted materials, home programs)
- Perform scheduling activities
- Create and maintain student, patient, and client charts/records for the SLP
- Perform checks and maintenance of equipment
- Maintain inventories of supplies (e.g., rotating stock, ordering)
- Follow safety and infection control procedures
- Support the SLP in their supervisory role (e.g., documentation, training, compliance)
- Support the supervising SLP with in-service training, public relations programs, and marketing programs
Participating in Prevention and Advocacy
- Provide information on awareness and prevention of communication, developmental, and/or swallowing disorders to at-risk individuals and their caregivers
- Advocate for individuals and caregivers with respect to societal expectations, cultural beliefs, and linguistic differences (e.g., difference versus disorder, accent modification)
- Provide information to emergency responders regarding individuals who have communication, developmental, and/or swallowing disorders
- Advocate at the local, state, and national levels for public policies to improve access to services and research funding
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