CH. 4 - Language Disorders in Children Flashcards
parents comment on 3-year old w/delayed speech’s play by saying “you are making the car go fast” or “that pig is pink” this technique is: self-talk; expansion; expatiation; parallel talk; or joint reference?
this is parallel talk.
6 yr-old boy: has “no friends,” does not initiate interactions w/ others, appropriate language comprehension, social skills concern, well-behaved and nondisruptive. Tx should focus on what?
increasing assertiveness in conversation (j. strommer’s goal)
9 yr old boy scores fine on PPVT and gets good grades. teacher complains he interrupts and irritates listeners; rude, disrespectful loner. Tx should focus on what?
pragmatics
teenager has receptive and expressive language deficits and is getting Ds in class. Tx should target what?
increasing social use of language and collaborating with classroom teachers.
child who shows slow, writhing, involuntary movements has what type of CP?
athetoid CP
T/F Standardized language tests help sample behaviors adequately, providing multiple contexts for sampling target-language behaviors.
False! Provide only 1 or 2 contexts for behavior–pretty inadequate representation of a variety of sample behaviors.
how many words/morphemes?: “my birthday party was fun–we ate cake and cookies!”
10 words, 11 morphemes
list four goals relevant to increase semantic skills
- increase types/numbers of words child uses in classroom
- increase specific word usage, decrease non-specific word usage (this, that, thing)
- decrease overextensions
- increase comprehension of vocabulary words
a child with TBI would manifest what?
impaired word retrieval and comprehension, lack of attention and memory issues.
T/F: bc many children w/ lang disorders have difficulties with working memory, clinicians should only focus on auditory modality–not worry about tactile or visual cues
False
8 yr old girl with TTR = .31
What do you conclude?
low in lexical skills, or the number of words she uses expressively (TTR of .5 is within normal range)
Make sure AAC device symbols are _______
transparent
issues with -er and -est reflect what
problems with morphological skills
aspergers characteristics?
seemingly excellent vocabulary and normal syntactic skills, speech that often seems like a monologue in which they do not allow others their conversational partners to take turns
What is the SCERTS approach to intervention
emphasizes the importance of targeting goals in social communication and emotional regulation by implementing transactional supports, which include visual supports, environmental arrangements, and communication-style adjustments.
What does SCERTS stand for
Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support
which utterance has 2 morphemes:
-mice - cupcake -choo-choo -no no! -daddy’s
daddy’s
classroom-based intervention is called what?
(technically push in – but ASHA doesn’t want to call it this) going into classroom and helping students with SLI in a small group format to achieve class curriculum goals.
child asks other child “lets play house, you be the mommy i be the daddy” what kind of play is this?
cooperative play
3 yr old says “plane sky” parent replies “yes i see that big silver plane flying up in the blue sky!” whats this called
extension
word retrieval skills fall into which speech category?
semantics
“before you put on your jacket, be sure to grab your snack” child puts on jacket then gets snack..this is called?
having difficulty w/ ‘order of mention’
expansion vs. extension
expansion: expanding a child’s telegraphic utterance into a more grammatically complete utterance. “doggy bark” –> “yes the doggy is barking.”
extension: commenting on the child’s utterances and adding new and relevant information. “play ball” –> “yes you are playing with a big, red, plastic ball that bounces.”
