Characterized by extreme difficulty in language or language acquisition in the
presence of otherwise typical development Right Ans - specific language
impairment
Specific language impairment is when language impairment occurs with
Right Ans - no other attributing factors
Example of "other contributing factors" that could cause a language
impairment Right Ans - intellectual impairment
autism
hearing impairment
acquired language impairment
We have a whole group of children who's language is impaired for Right
Ans - no known reason
Under umbrella of specific language impairment we have Right Ans -
delayed language or
disordered language
Language disordered children do not develop language in the Right Ans -
typical manner ; it is deviant from the norm
to peers and adults these language impaired children will Right Ans -
standout
down syndrome children develop language Right Ans - in a normal manner
but much slower
when child has language disorder it can occur in any of the Right Ans -
domains of language
ahsa's definiton of a spoken/oral language disorder a significant impairment
in the _________ and ______ of language due to deficits in ____________ and or
____________ across _____ of the 5 language domains which are:
,morphology
symantics
syntax
phonology
pragmatics Right Ans - acquisition
use
comprehension
production
any
language disorders may persist across the life span but Right Ans - the
symptoms change over time
children who have spoken lang disorders often have Right Ans - written
lang disorders
written lang disorders pertains to Right Ans - reading comp
fluent word recognition
written expression
spelling
fluent word recogniton Right Ans - dyslexia
our children with language disorders are not identified until the academic
work required for them becomes more Right Ans - abstract
(they rely on their intelligence and they get by)
clinical markers for a specific language disorder (3) Right Ans - 1. difficulty
with gramatical forms
-particularly verb tenses
2. non word repetition test or task
3. sentence recall
a behavioral feature or characteristic or a combination of features that is
indictive to a language impairment in a child Right Ans - clinical markers
clinical markers could be referred to as Right Ans - red flags
, have the child repeat nonsense word on varying syllable length and
complexity cannot really do this until the child is 5; children with LDs will
have difficulty performing this Right Ans - non word repetition test or task
measures used to diagnose children with language impairments Right Ans -
mental age
IQ
chronological age
with mental age we are looking to see Right Ans - if child is functioning (in
terms of language) about where IQ is
Intelligence or IQ pertains to Right Ans - cognition
used to determine if child has a language impairment based upon skills that
should be present at a certain age Right Ans - chronological age
the least reliable of all measures that you obtain from a standardized test
Right Ans - age equivalency
if the language disorder is the only problem then we are Right Ans - "the
only handicapping condition"
(they would only be eligible for our services)
brain scans have shown that the areas of the brain that are language impaired
is the same place in the brain for Right Ans - ADHD
theories that language dis stem from problems with Right Ans -
information processing
2 ways to look at problems with information processing one thought focuses
on the ____________________ and or constraints on which children can ______________
*confused
temporal rate
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