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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






2. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






3. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






4. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






5. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






6. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






7. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






8. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






9. Final stable syllable

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10. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






11. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






12. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






13. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






14. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






15. r-controlled syllable






16. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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17. Closed syllable






18. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






19. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






20. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






21. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






22. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






23. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






24. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






25. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






26. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






27. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






28. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






29. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






30. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






31. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






32. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






33. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






34. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






35. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






36. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






37. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






38. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






39. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






40. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






41. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






42. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






43. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






44. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






45. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






46. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






47. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






48. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






49. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






50. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo







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