lang dis part 3: assessment and tx of emerging lang Flashcards
first priority of assessment
joint attention, turn-taking, and other back-and-forth activities
early social communication scales
2nd priority
functional and symbolic play
-symbolic play assessment (normative play assessment)
assessing intentional communication
-look for range of communication functions
-use communicative temptations (goal is to get child to communicate)
-requests and protests/rejections, comments, higher level discourse functions
assessment of lang. comprehension
phase 1: single nouns, verbs
phase 2: 2-3 word instructions (agent-action instructions)
phase 3: words including agent-action-object combos
assessment of expressive vocab
-do prelinguistic vocalizations have consonants
-use parent report vocabulary checklists
-use parent report of general communication skills
assessing semantic-synctactic production
-assess relative frequency of word combinations vs. single word production from communication sample
-examine range of semantic relations expresses in multiword utterances
prelingustic milieu teaching
hybrid tx ideal for increasing intentional communicative behaviors
steps for prelingustic milieu teaching
-use communicative temptations and arrange the environment to create oppurtunities for naturalistic communication
-follow the childs lead
-build social routines
-target specific behaviors/lingustic structures
-treat all acts as communicative
-train parents to use these techniques
-also effective for helping children produce vocalization with consonants
hanen programs
-parents are primary agents of intervention
-tx targets prelingustic communicative acts, vocabulary growth, and early word combos
-4 core strategies: child-centered, responsivity, model target communication, focused stimulation
hanen programs: requirements and schedule
-training, 8 families per program, 12 weeks per program
-1 orientation, 1 introductory session w/ assessment, 8 group sessions, 3 video feedback sessions
-30 hour time commitment for parent
-120 hour time commitment for slp
-assessment and decision making - initial assessment, video feedback sessions
hanen: it takes two to talk
-target population: toddlers 18-48 months, with expressive lang delays
-evidence suggests this program supports improved caregiver interactions and growth of expressive lang
-goals: team-based goal setting, implementation of four core strategies by parents: postive interactions, responsive language input, and focused stimulation
hanen: more than words
target population: toddlers 15-48 months, with ASD or suspected ASD
evidence suggests this program supports improved caregiver (nonverbal) responsivity; children increase in vocab, social interactions, and initiation
goals: team-based goal setting, implementation of four core strategies by parents
build social routines, develop joint attention, expectant waiting
evaluation and assessment AVT
eval: normal referenced tests, screenings, and observations of interactions with parents, siblings, and play
integrated scales of development from Listen, Learn, and Talk (cochlear)
-determine developmental level
4 levels of auditory skills
-detection - basic hearing
-discrimination - distinguishing between different sounds
-identification - identifying a sound
-comprehension - linguistic comprehension, use of hearing for communication
tx avt
initial fitting
-take 5: first thing in the morning check your childs device, get your childs hearing devices on their ears as soon as they are awake, do a quick listening check