Chapter 6 Flashcards
Consisting of dissimilar or diverse individuals or constituents
Heterogenous
Number of individuals diagnosed with particular disorder at a given time
Prevalence
Rate at which a disorder appears in the normal population over a period
Incidence
Significant and/or expressive language impairments that cannot be attributed to any general or specific cause or condition
Specific Language Impairment
Ability to infer the meaning of an auditory message based on the context of the information and the long term stored memory of words and general knowledge
Receptive language
Unit of coal expression that is preceded and followed by silence
Utterance
Ability to think and talk about language
Metalinguistics
Disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language
Learning disability
Impaired comprehension or use of spoken, written, or other symbol systems; don’t catch up with peers and need intervention
Language disorder
What 3 parts of language could a language disorder affect?
Form, content, function
Syntax, morphology, phonology
Form
Semantics
Content
Pragmatics
Function
Implies slow start at developing language but has an ability to catch up with peers
Language Delay
Expressive language affected by cultural and linguistic diversity
Language difference
What is social communication composed of?
Social interaction, social cognition, pragmatics
Work or activity that leads to a clinical decision
Assessment
What are the three words that describe therapy for language disorders?
Attainable, Functional, Effective
Impaired comprehension or use of spoken, written, or other symbol systems
Language disorder
What problems may a child have if they have a receptive language disorder?
Have issues with questions and may not be able to follow directions
What problems may a child have if they have an expressive language disorder?
Cannot understand what they’re saying, not able to describe, use the wrong tense and pronouns
What other disorder is associated with language disorders?
Learning disabilities
