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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. 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.






2. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






3. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






4. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






5. Closed syllable






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






7. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






8. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






9. Academic Language Therapy Association






10. 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






11. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






12. 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






13. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






14. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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15. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






16. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






17. 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






18. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






19. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






20. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






21. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






22. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






23. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






24. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






25. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






26. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






27. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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28. 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






29. Whole body learning






30. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






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






32. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






33. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






34. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






35. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






36. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






37. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






38. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






39. 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






40. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






41. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






42. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






43. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






44. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






45. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






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

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47. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






48. Multisensory Structured Language






49. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






50. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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