Final Flashcards
Clint must initiate conversation.
Role play
To assess Clint’s ability to make repairs.
Feign misunderstanding
To assess Clints ability to request clarification.
Use unclear massages
Proportion of utterances directed to the listener, rather than self-directed.
Social vs. non-social
The proportion of new topics introduced by the child rather than the adults.
Topic initiation
The proportion of topics that are appropriate to the context.
Topic appropriateness
The number of turns in which the child can maintain a topic.
Turns/topic
The number of times the child fails to take a turn appropriately.
Discourse management
Triangle is the name of this shape; it has 3 sides; a piece of pizza is shaped like a triangle.
Semantic cues
Triangles have 3 sides and ‘tri an gle’ has 3 parts; ‘triangle’ starts with the same sound as tree.
Phonological cues
They might rely on simple sentences or use incorrect word order.
Limited sentence complexity
Articles (“a“, “the”), conjunctions (“and”), pronouns (“he“, “she”) may be omitted .
Omission of function words
They might overuse present tense or struggle with past tense or future tense.
Difficulty with verb tenses
Plurals (-s or -es) or possessives (‘s) might be used incorrectly.
Limited use of grammatical markers
develops a variety of language skills.
Facilitated play
SLPs can repeatedly use script-specific words in play sessions.
Expanding vocabulary
Clinicians challenge children with play-related questions like “Why is the boy crying?”
Promoting inference skills
Play allows children to engage in pretend reading and writing.
Fostering emergent literacy
This approach focuses on specific targets and uses multiple models & feedback to address language goals.
Focused Stimulation
Sets of activities that are organized in a holistic, goal-directed and sequential manner.
Event Structures
The SLP can demonstrate using a specific sentence structure to request items.
Modelling sentence frames
The script can also be used to address grammatical structures.
Morphosyntactic targets
The activity can also focus on skills like taking turns in conversation and staying on-topic.
Pragmatic practice
Children are exposed to different words, expanding their vocabulary.
Vocabulary acquisition
Children may learn proper sentence structures, verb tenses, and grammar.
Grammatical development
Supports social interaction and strengthens emotional bond between children & caregivers.
Social communication
Promotes preliteracy skills like phonological awareness, comprehension of story structure, and effective book handling.
Preliteracy skills
