Exam 2 Part 6 Flashcards
A child becomes a language partner through the use of _____ and ____ rules
Semantic, grammatical
A child becomes a conversational partner when _____ rules are developed to regulate the social use of language in a conversational context
Pragmatic
What are some difficulties school age children have when they are speaking at the sentence level?
Syntactic rules, semantics, morphology, writing, reading, general language processing
What are the 8 steps during a language evaluation?
Obtain background information, observe, standardized/non-standardized testing, language sampling, oral examination, evaluate environments relating to child, diagnosis and development of treatment, report
If a school-age child has some subtle language impairments and shows poor academic performance, part of a thorough evaluation should include the following (4)
Child’s knowledge of strategies to perform well in school, evaluate the teacher’s communication with the child, assess the curriculum and material the child is expected to learn, assess reading and writing
What are the 4 groups of school-age students with an increased likelihood of a language disorder?
History of language impairment as a preschooler, students with reading/learning disabilities, students with behavioral and emotional issues, students who’re academically at risk
What are some common symptoms of language disorders in older students?
Pragmatics, syntax/morphology, semantics
What are some semantic issues?
Word finding, small vocabulary, difficulty defining words
What are some morphology/semantic issues?
Using simple sentences, difficulty answering questions, grammatically incorrect sentences
What are some pragmatic issues?
Problems with explaining things, can’t follow topic changes, doesn’t have appropriate conversational manners
What does BESD stand for?
Behavioral, emotional, social difficulties
What are some examples of students with BESD issues?
ADD, depression, anxiety
Children with language impairments are found to be _ times more likely than their non-language-impaired peers to experience academic difficulties that would merit classification as being learning disabled.
5
Learning language changes to __________
Using language to learn
Involves screening the general population
Mass screening