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CALT EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) RATED A+
The National Reading Panel (NRP) - "The Big 5" - ANSWER - 5 essential components
of reading:
- Explicit instruction in PHONEMIC AWARENESS
- Systematic PHONICS instruction
- Techniques to improve FLUENCY (accuracy, speed, understanding, and prosody)
- VOCABULARY development
- Reading COMPREHENSION
Which domains are involved in spelling? - ANSWER - Orthography + Phonology Semantics + Syntax
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - 504 - ANSWER - 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 Does not provide funding but can without federal funding Public schools receive federal funding so law applies
Why should children read nonsense words? - ANSWER - To build fluency, also called word attack skills
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Texas administrative Code 74 28 - ANSWER - State Board of Education Rule:
-District board of trustee must make sure dyslexic procedures are given to the districts -Districts must use approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia -State board of education does not recommend programs or provide guidelines and descriptions
-Instruction must be at students campus -Districts must notify parents prior to testing, this is their rights under 504 -Early identification must be available -Districts must provide a parent educational program
Expressive Language - ANSWER - Form, Use, Context -The ability to use sounds, signs, or symbols to communicate meaning
Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act - IDEA Revision 2008 - ANSWER - -Law created to make available a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to eligible children with disabilities throughout the national and ensures special education and related services
-December 1, 2008 Revision: Clarify and strengthen current federal regulations
regarding parental consent, hearing rights, state monitoring and enforcement
Multisensory - ANSWER - Using more than one of the senses:
visual- what you see auditory- what you hear tactile- what you touch and handle Suprasegmental - ANSWER - Aspect of Language 2 / 3
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Segmental - ANSWER - Aspect of Language (phonemes - vowels & consonants)
Phonoligical Awareness - ANSWER - The knowledge of and sensitivity to the sound structure of language (umbrella term)
It includes: rhyming, segmentation activities, and manipulation activities
Segmentation Activities - segmenting sentences into words, segmenting compound words into syllables, segmenting words into syllables, identifying initial and final sounds, and segmenting syllables into phonemes
Manipulation Activities - omitting syllables, omitting sounds in words, and changing sounds into words
Dysarthria - ANSWER - A disorder in the nervous system which hinders control over the tongue, throat, lips, or lungs
Neurological oral-motor dysfunction including weakness of the musculature necessary for coordinating movements of speech production (slurred speech, difficulty with articulation)
Dyspraxia - ANSWER - Sensorimotor disruption in which the motor signals to the muscles, such as those necessary for speech production, are not consistently or efficiently received
Difficulty getting the body to do what you want it to Difficulty planning and coordinating body movement Difficulty coordinating facial muscles to produce sounds
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