DLD + Reading Review

Question 1

define DLD

Answer 1

no other associated biomedical condition to explain language difficulties

inclusive of children with lower IQs and with co-occurring conditions

Question 2

True or false: DLD and RD are distinct neurodevelopmental disorders that affect language and literacy skills and differ in neurobiological underpinnings

Answer 2

true

Question 3

what is the neurobiology of DLD?

Answer 3

basal ganglia, specifically the anterior neostriatum and Broca’s

Question 4

True or false: many children with dyslexia will likely have co-occuring DLD

Answer 4

true

Question 5

True or false: DLD and RD frequently co-occur

Answer 5

true

Question 6

define skilled reading

Answer 6

language comprehension (background knowledge, vocab, language structures, verbal reasoning) and word recognition (phonological awareness, decoding, and sight recognition)

Question 7

What are practices that reflect the science of reading?

Answer 7

PA
blending
code-based

Question 8

What are practices that do not reflect the science of reading?

Answer 8

guessing words
limiting opportunities to sound it out

Question 9

What is the science of reading?

Answer 9

kids need to be taught to read; we have to teach the skills necessary for reading because it is not a universal skill

Question 10

How can we incorporate cueing for complex syntax intervention?

Answer 10

provide the student with clear distinctions between the correct and incorrect form

help the student attend to corrections of these errors

have the student produce the correct form