Preschool general Flashcards
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language impairment
an impairment in comprehension and/or use of spoken, write, and or other symbol system which may involve the form, content, or function of language in any combination
2 theories/criterion of dx
- normativist – perspective is relative to environmental expectations, such as parent, teacher, and community, and has adaptive consequences
Neutralist – perspective is relative to objective measures such as standardized tests
how low is lang disordered on standardized tests
**Tomblin suggest child should be below the 10% tile or greater than 1.25 SD below mean
risk factors for infants include
- prenatal factors
- prematurity (38 weeks or under 5 lbs)
- genetic and congenital disorders
form, content, and use
**Bloom & Lahey
form: includes syntax, morphology, and phonology
content: semantic components of lang, vocabulary knowledge, and knowledge of objects and events
use: pragmatics
what do you need for treatment plan
***Paul & Norbury
…as important as etiology is for understanding a child’s condition, we need something in addition to develop an intervention program…which is a detailed description of the child’s current language function
procedural memory systems
important for rule based learning (grammar)
declarative memory systems
important for knowledge based learning (i.e. vocabulary)
reading requires both _____ and _____
***Hoover & Gough
reading requires both reading accuracy (the ability to decode single words) and reading comprehension (understanding connected text)
DLD places children at risk for ____
**Catts et al.,
DLD places children at a greatly increased risk for reading impairments, contributing to lower educational attainments
prelinguistic communication age range
9-18 mo
in this stage infants move from being participants in interactions to being intentional communicators ….they express intentions through signals to other but do not yet use conventional language
prelinguistic milieu training
**Warren &Yoder
used to help make transition to intentional behavior — arrange environment so a kid has to initiate a behavior or ask for it
book reading
waiting for the child to initiate interest in something in the book or looking or pointing, be face-t0-face during book reading, ask questions, verbally inviting child to interact
communication temptations
Wetherby & Prizant***
creating situations in which child is strongly motivated to try ti get a message across to an adult and then responding swiftly and positively when child attempts to communicate
emerging language state age
18-36 months
–period where lang delays will most be noted
when are kids combining words into simple 2-word sentences?
18 to 24 mo
by age 18 children will produce and average of _____ communicative acts per min
at 24 mo_____
18 mo: avg 2
24: avg 5 to 7
avg expressive vocab at 18 mo
24mo?
***Paul & Shiffer
18mo: 110 words
24: 312 words
why are gestures important
because they are another aspect of symbolic behavior, and are highly related to language in early development
why do a play assessment/?
provides a nonlinguistic comparison against which to gauge a child’s language performance
what can gestures predict?
gestures are important because they are another aspect of symbolic behavior, and are highly related to language in early development — may be an important prognostic indicator for children with delayed language
3 types of gestures
- deictic – showing, giving, pointing
- symbolic – recognition gestures (holding telephone to ear)
- symbolic play – feeding self from empty spoon
why assess comprehension? –why imp & who
***Bernhart et al
very important to evaluate because understanding words in the 2nd year of life is predictive of both expressive and receptive language development as much as 2.5 years later
comprehension guidelines:
12-18mo:
18-24mo:
24-36 mo:
**Bernhart et al
12-18mo: understand words without support of nonlinguistic cues
18-24 mo: understanding of 2-word instructions
24-36 mo: understanding of 3 instructions (but likely to rely on probable event strategy)