4 - Paeds - Community Paeds + Psych - Speech + Language, Social + Emotional + Behavioural Development

Question 1

S+L - delay - two types? due to 5 things?

Answer 1

may be receptive or expressive
due to - hearing loss, global dev delay, anatomical deficit eg cleft lip, env deprivation, normal variant/familial pattern

Question 2

S+L - what might a disorder be caused by?

Answer 2

language comprehension
language expression (aphasia) 
phonation or speech production eg stammer/dysarthria/dyspraxia
sentence structure
grammar
social/comms skills (ASD)

Question 3

Initial management for S+L delay/disorder?

Answer 3

hearing test

SALT assessment

Question 4

when would global dev delay (all fields) present? likely to be ass w what? when might this present?

Answer 4

usually in first 2y
ass w cognitive difficulty/deficit
may become apparent later on

Question 5

what can be done later on in life?

assessment is done by what/who?

Answer 5

describe specific difficulties when it becomes clearer

the healthy child programme