CSD COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW
(AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS) | 2025/2026 UPDATE
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
What are the 2 characterizations of ASD? Answer - 1. Deficits in social
communication
2. Restricted interests
What is ICD-10 used for? Answer - 1. Used for billing codes (asks for this
criteria for funding purposes)
2. For billing, therapy and evaluation reports
What is the criteria for a DSM-5 code? Answer - 1. markedly abnormal or
impaired development
2. Must affect daily life
,What does IDEA stand for Answer - Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement Act (IDEA)
Autism spectrum disorder is defined as a developmental disability significantly
affecting what areas? Answer - 1. Verbal communication (e.g., look at all 5
domains of language, inference abilities)
2. Nonverbal communication (e.g., facial expression, body language, posture,
eye contact)
3. Social interaction (e.g., theory of mind, turn-taking, peer networks, number
of friends,
quality of friendships, understanding of what friends are and what a friendship
is)
When does ASD typically develop by? Answer - 3:0 years of age
Which gender has a predisposition to ASD? Answer - Males (i.e., X
chromosome, poor diagnosis of females on the spectrum - different symptom
profile)
Why has there been in increase in ASD diagnosis? Answer - 1. Diagnostics have
improved
2. Advocacy groups to help identify ASD
3. Stigma with disorder has gone down so people are more willing to
help/support individuals with ASD
, 4. Early intervention efforts identify and advocate for ASD
Define and describe ABA Answer - Applied behavior analaysis
1. Antecedents (what happens before the behavior) - Reliable triggers of
behavior
2. The behavior - Operational definition of the behavior
3. Consequences - what happens after the behavior
Name 11 different treatment approaches for ASD Answer - 1. AAC
2. cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
3. Denver model
4. discrete trial training
5. facilitated communication/rapid prompting method
6. incidental teaching
7. Milieu therapy
8. caregiver/parent mediated intervention
9. peer mediated intervention
10. positive behavior supports (PBIS)
11. self-management strategies
Define neurodevelopment in relation to ASD Answer - Means that ASD is not
acquired it is developed
(AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS) | 2025/2026 UPDATE
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
What are the 2 characterizations of ASD? Answer - 1. Deficits in social
communication
2. Restricted interests
What is ICD-10 used for? Answer - 1. Used for billing codes (asks for this
criteria for funding purposes)
2. For billing, therapy and evaluation reports
What is the criteria for a DSM-5 code? Answer - 1. markedly abnormal or
impaired development
2. Must affect daily life
,What does IDEA stand for Answer - Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement Act (IDEA)
Autism spectrum disorder is defined as a developmental disability significantly
affecting what areas? Answer - 1. Verbal communication (e.g., look at all 5
domains of language, inference abilities)
2. Nonverbal communication (e.g., facial expression, body language, posture,
eye contact)
3. Social interaction (e.g., theory of mind, turn-taking, peer networks, number
of friends,
quality of friendships, understanding of what friends are and what a friendship
is)
When does ASD typically develop by? Answer - 3:0 years of age
Which gender has a predisposition to ASD? Answer - Males (i.e., X
chromosome, poor diagnosis of females on the spectrum - different symptom
profile)
Why has there been in increase in ASD diagnosis? Answer - 1. Diagnostics have
improved
2. Advocacy groups to help identify ASD
3. Stigma with disorder has gone down so people are more willing to
help/support individuals with ASD
, 4. Early intervention efforts identify and advocate for ASD
Define and describe ABA Answer - Applied behavior analaysis
1. Antecedents (what happens before the behavior) - Reliable triggers of
behavior
2. The behavior - Operational definition of the behavior
3. Consequences - what happens after the behavior
Name 11 different treatment approaches for ASD Answer - 1. AAC
2. cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
3. Denver model
4. discrete trial training
5. facilitated communication/rapid prompting method
6. incidental teaching
7. Milieu therapy
8. caregiver/parent mediated intervention
9. peer mediated intervention
10. positive behavior supports (PBIS)
11. self-management strategies
Define neurodevelopment in relation to ASD Answer - Means that ASD is not
acquired it is developed
