Language Disorders Final Flashcards
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What are speech sound disorders
Difficulty pronouncing sounds
What are language disorders
Difficulty understanding what they hear as well as expressing themselves with words
What are executive functioning disorders
Difficulty with thinking. Children may experience one or more of the following disorders: skills including perception, memory, awareness, reasoning, judgement, intellect, and imagination
What are stuttering/fluency disorders
Interruption of the flow of speech that may include hesitations, repetitions, prolongations of sounds or words
What are voice disorders
Quality of voice that may include hoarseness, nasality, and volume (too loud or too soft)
What are the effects of a communication disorder
A communication disorder may have a significant impact in the academic achievement of a student and in the non-academic experiences of a student. It effects language and literacy and language and behavior
What is a language disorder
Any disruption in the learning of language in the absence of primary intellectual, sensory, or emotional deficits
What may a language disorder involve
The form of language (syntax, morphology, phonology), the content of language (semantics), and/or the function of language in communication (pragmatics) in any combination
How may a speech-language disorder affect school performance?
Children with communication disorders frequently do not perform at grade-level. They may struggle with reading, have difficulty understanding and expressing language, misunderstand social cues, avoid attending school, show poor judgement, and have difficulty with tests
Who provides definitions for eligibility, disability categories, etc.
IDEA
How many disability categories does the IDEA list
13, but only 2 eligibility categories
What must a disability affect?
The child’s educational performance
How must a child be eligible to receive services
A student is determined eligible and classified for special education and related services when it has been determined that the student has one or more of the disabilities defined in 1 through 14 and the disability adversely affects the students educational performance and the student is in need of special education services
What are the five principles of language development
Robert Owens created five principles that must be considered when describing the development of language and communication in infants:
- Development is predictable
- Developmental milestones are attained at about the same age in most children
- Developmental opportunity is needed
- Children go through developmental changes or periods
- Individuals differ greatly
What types of speech and language disorders affect school-age children?
Speech sound disorders, language disorders, executive functioning disorders, stuttering/fluency disorders, and voice disorders
How does a communication disorder effect language and literacy?
If a student doesn’t understand language, he or she will struggle with decoding and understanding literature and will have poor literacy.
How do communication disorder effect language and behavior?
Students who struggle to communicate usually become frustrated because they aren’t being understood and can’t express themselves adequately, so they act out or take and do whatever they want instead of waiting for someone to respond to them
What is morphology
The smallest unit of meaning
Is a language disorder an intellectual problem?
No, it is only an issue of language which effects communication
What is nativism
The idea that the capacity to develop language is innate, with language knowledge coming to fruition as the child matures biologically
What is behaviorism
Skinner. The belief that a child’s language is not innate, but develops when verbalizations are positively reinforced
What is interactionism
A combination of factors
What is bloom and lahey’s definition of cognitive determinism
The belief that cognition relies on language for a child to understand his or her experiences; the child’s knowledge of the world is expressed through his or her language, with meaning preceding form
What is meaning preceding form
Semantics preceding syntax. It is more important to the child from them to get their point out instead of how they get it out. Content before structure. You have to understand the word before you can use it properly