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Bringing Literacy to the Table: Using Books in Therapy

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1.  All of the following are thinking skills that can be developed during the emerging literacy stage except
  1. Making predictions
  2. Inferencing
  3. Recognizing Details
  4. Making Connections
2.  Which of the following is the most likely impression that parents of very young deaf children have with regards to reading with their child?
  1. "I can begin reading to my baby at birth"
  2. "I have a good sense of what books are most appropriate for my child"
  3. "I'm not sure how to start reading with my child"
  4. "I don't have to follow the text word for word when reading with my child"
3.  When engaging in book sharing activities, all of the following are true except:
  1. it is not necessary to read the text exactly as written on every page
  2. your commentary may be different each time the book is shared
  3. it is not important for the child to look at every page
  4. yes/no and testing questions are essential for assessing a child's comprehension of the story and pictures
4.  Which of the following is a benefit gained from read aloud activities?
  1. Reinforcement of simple sentence structures
  2. Building of background knowledge
  3. Practice of familiar vocabulary
  4. Development of early decoding skills
5.  All but the following were mentioned as appropriate literacy tools for younger children:
  1. magazines
  2. wordless books
  3. picture books
  4. therapy agendas
6.  Wordless books are
  1. Appropriate only for very small children
  2. Limited in their scope of subject and style
  3. An excellent investment thanks to their broad application to a variety of language levels
  4. Inappropriate for children who already know how to read
7.  Reading aloud the "Rules of Play" on the Uno box to the children playing could be designed to
  1. assess auditory comprehension
  2. emphasize natural literacy artifacts
  3. practice reading tracking
  4. all of the above
8.  Keeping pictures hidden while reading part of a line of text from a familiar book is
  1. one way to probe auditory closure skills with young children
  2. not advised because pictures and text should always be presented in tandem
  3. an example of a book sharing technique
  4. an approach to reading tracking
9.  For all ages, the ultimate goal for the speech and hearing professional working with a child with a cochlear implant could be considered
  1. Preteaching vocabulary for reading that the child will do in the classroom setting
  2. Integrating auditory goals, language targets and literacy tools in a variety of activities
  3. Providing some exposure to literacy artifacts in every session
  4. Making a list of appropriate literacy tools available to the child's parents
10.  All but the following were mentioned as appropriate literacy tools for older children:
  1. Calendars
  2. Websites
  3. Experience books
  4. Poetry

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