Autism Tanger-Flusberg Flashcards
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NIDCD Goals
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- Develop measures for evaluating efficacy of interventions targeting spoken language acquisition.
- Define common terminology for describing levels of spoken language ability & set benchmarks for determining a child’s language level
2
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Measuring Expressive Language
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- Natural language sample
- Parent Report
- Standardized Assessment
3
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Phase 1
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Preverbal communication
- Preverbal intentional communication
- -babbling/gestures
- 6-12 months
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Phase 2
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First Words
- Non-imitated spontaneous single words referentially and symbolically to communicate about objects/events
- Some speech is intelligible and incorporates most frequent consonant sounds heard in typical babble
- Use speech in a variety of settings/functions
- 12-18 months
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Phase 3
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Word Combinations
- Combine words creatively to refer to objects and events
- Serve different communication functions
- 18-30 months
6
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Phase 4
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Sentences
- Combine words into clausal structure using some morphological markers
- Fairly large vocabulary
- 30-48 months
7
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Phase 5
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Complex Language
- rich vocabulary
- complex grammatical structures
- different discourse contents
8
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Benchmarks
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- Evaluate whether a child meets criteria for achieving various language phases
- measures to be incorporated in intervention studies
- means for moitoring child’s progress in treatment