SLPLE case studies
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The SLPLE is the Philippine licensure examination for speech-language pathologists, taken by graduates of an SLP program who want to practise as licensed speech-language pathologists in the Philippines. It is a multiple-choice examination covering the full professional scope: normal communication development and the basic sciences behind it, pediatric speech, language, fluency and voice disorders, neurogenic and acquired adult communication and swallowing disorders, audiology and aural rehabilitation, assessment and clinical decision-making, intervention and evidence-based practice, and professional ethics with Philippine regulations. The SLPLE case studies are 5 cases and about 4,957 words.
1The 21-Month-Old Who Says Twelve Words
Liza, 21 months old, is brought by her mother to a rural health unit in Nueva Ecija for a well-child visit. The midwife refers her because the mother mentioned that Liza "still does not talk." Liza has roughly 12 consistent words (mama, dede, wan-wan, no, mam for food, and a few names), all single words and mostly nouns.
999 words, about 5 min2The Grade 5 Student Who Stopped Raising His Hand
Jomar, 10 years 7 months, is in Grade 5 at a public school in Cebu and is referred by his adviser. He began stuttering at about 3 years 6 months and has never had therapy.
964 words, about 5 min3Three Weeks After the Stroke, No Videofluoroscopy for 200 Kilometres
Reyes, 67, a retired jeepney driver from a municipality in Samar, is three weeks post left middle cerebral artery infarct. He has right hemiplegia and walks with one assistant.
961 words, about 5 min4The Call Center Trainer With a 40 dB Notch
Marco, 29, is a team leader at a business process outsourcing company in Metro Manila with seven years of headset use, about nine hours a day, five days a week, plus five years playing drums in bars on weekends. He complains that he cannot follow meetings, that he turns the television up and his partner complains, and of a constant high-pitched ringing, worse at night.
967 words, about 5 min5The School That Hired an Unlicensed "Speech Therapist"
You are the only PRC-licensed SLP employed by a private therapy centre in a city in Mindanao. A nearby private K–12 school with about 900 students has contracted a person holding a two-year diploma in special education to "screen" students; the school then bills parents PHP 1,800 per session for "speech therapy." A parent brings you a report signed by this person diagnosing her 6-year-old with "mild autism and speech delay" and recommending three sessions weekly.
1,066 words, about 5 min