Key Terms Flashcards
Define cognition
- involves thoughts
- reasoning
- problem solving
When examining child at 5 years: what to examine?
- Linguistic behaviours: examines how child develops language
- Prelinguistic Skills: early social knowledge, gestures, cognitive processes that come become verbal language development
When asked to define a language disorder what will you say?
Affects ability to convey meaning and understand the message.
Impairment - breakdown in developing language
Things you need to add: be more specific..
- spoken language
- written language
- symbol system
When asked what does the language disorder involve
Speak about the parameters you know of
Both for expressive and receptive
- morphology
- syntax ( word order and sentence structure)
- semantics (word meaning)
- pragmatics
- narrative
- sentence comprehension - receptive - looks at syntax.
Why is phonologic considered a form of language when it comes under speech?
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What do children with language delay present with?
Children with language delay:
Are performing below their expected age and below their peers.
This does not mean they will not catch up. It may mean they required support in meeting targets for their age. And will catch up to peers their age.
THEY FOLLOW THE TYPICAL COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT
Their profile is matched with children who are younger but typically developing
Ok what
Is the difference between late takers
And late bloomers
Late talkers - child says their first words late and may occur when developing language and can persist after the age of 4
Late bloomers? - this is where the child is delayed at around 12-24 months and up to 4 years but by achieve 4 have made significant improvements and no longer considered delayed!
What will you see in DLD
DLD is a language disorder so children typically have difficulty with their language AND SHOW PERSISTENCE!! And persisting language processing difficulties into school age years!
What IS DLD associated with?
- ok DLD
IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY
NEUROLOGICAL SENSORY ( hearing and vision) PHYSICAL DISORDERS COGNITIVE DISORDERS EMOTIONAL DISORDERS!
- hence the case study in the red book by Louise Cummings wherein child presents with hypotonia and cleft lip and palate - she said this is not DLD but rather difficulties associated to their condition! Hypotonia = neurological!!!
