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SLPA Certification Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Accountability - answer✔being legally responsible and answerable for actions and inactions of
self or others during the performance of a task by the SLPA
Aide/technician - answer✔person who has completed on-the-job training, workshops, and other
related tasks and who works under the direct supervision of an ASHA-certified SLP
- typically does not meet all requirements to become an SLPA
What is included in an assessment? - answer✔culturally and linguistically appropriate
behavioral observation and standardized and/or criterion-referenced tools; use of
instrumentation; review of records, case history, and prior test results; and interview of the
individual and/or family to guide decision making
assessment, test, evaluation - answer✔procedures implemented by the SLP for the differential
diagnosis of communication and swallowing disorders
cultural responsiveness - answer✔provides individuals with "a broader perspective from which
to view our behaviors as they relate to our actions with individuals across a variety of cultures
that are different from our own"
culturally responsive practices - answer✔Care that takes the client's cultural perspectives,
beliefs, and values into consideration in all aspects of education and/or service provision
direct supervision - answer✔in-view observation and guidance by an SLP
Examples of direct supervision - answer✔observing a portion of the screening or treatment
procedures performed by the SLPA, coaching, modeling, "real-time" telecommunication
technology, or anything else where immediate feedback can be provided
- reviewing a recorded session does NOT count
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When does an SLP have to be 100% present? - answer✔all services being provided to a
medically fragile client
indirect supervision - answer✔monitoring or reviewing an SLPA's activities outside of an
observation and guidance during direct services provided to a student, patient, or client
examples of indirect supervision - answer✔demonstration, records review, review and
evaluation of audio or video recorded sessions, interactive conferences that may be conducted by
telecommunication (email, phone, etc.)
interpretation - answer✔summarizing, integrating, and using of data for the purpose of clinical
decision making, which may only be done by SLPs
medically fragile - answer✔an individual who is acutely ill and in an unstable health condition
plan of care - answer✔written service plan developed and monitored by the supervising SLP to
meet the needs of an individual student, patient, or client. Addresses the needs for screening,
observation, monitoring, assessment, treatment, and other services
Examples of plan of care - answer✔Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), Individualized
Family Service Plans (IFSPs), and rehabilitation services plans
progress monitoring - answer✔collecting, graphing, and reviewing data on an individual's
target skills to assess their response to treatment and then comparing their growth to a target
trend line or goal to determine whether sufficient progress is being made
screening - answer✔a pass-fail procedure to identify, without interpretation, students, patients,
or clients who may require further assessment following specified screening protocols developed
by and/or approved by the supervising SLP
social determinants of health - answer✔The conditions in which people are born, grow, live,
work, and age, shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at global, national, and
local levels
speech-language pathology assistant - answer✔person who has completed coursework, clinical
practicum, and credentials and can perform tasks prescribed, directed, and supervised by ASHA-
certified SLPs
supervising SLP - answer✔SLP who holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-
Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) from ASHA and/or a state licensure, has active interest and
desire to collaborate with support personnel, has a minimum of 9 months experience after being
awarded ASHA certification, and has completed the 2 hour supervision requirement
what are examples of support personnel? - answer✔SLPAs & SLP aides/technicians
