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Language Development and Disorders Flashcards

1
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When should a child have 50 words

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Roughly 18-24 months

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2
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When will a child start combining words

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Around 2 years

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3
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What is MLU

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Mean length of utterance (average number of morphemes per utterance)

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What is form (3 components)

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Phonology - smallest unit of sound that makes a difference
Morpheme/Morphology - smallest unit of language (suffixes and prefixes)
Syntax - sentence structure/word order

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5
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What is content

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Semantics - study of word meanings

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6
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What is use

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Pragmatics - rules of social communication

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7
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Receptive vs. Expressive Language

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Receptive language - understanding/listening
Expressive language - production/speaking

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Relationship between language development and literacy

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Both grow throughout early childhood through teenage years

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9
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Benefits of early exposure to books

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Books teach children that letters have names and sounds (form words)
Words correspond to pictures they see helping to understand

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10
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Causes of language disorders in children

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Organic - Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, fetal alcohol, ASD, head injury, etc
Functional - cannot be attributed to the above, developmental language disorder

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Symptoms of language disorders across form, content, and use

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Form - phonological impairment, morphosyntactic errors
Content - smaller vocabulary, encode fewer semantic features, more trials to learn new words
Use - immature social communication, difficulty understanding and applying pragmatic rules

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12
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What is Response to Intervention (RTI)

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Process for providing services and interventions to struggling learners at increasing levels of intensity

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13
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Options for Informal Assessment

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Case history - info about client and their history
Observational tools - observe communication strengths and needs in a real setting

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Options for Formal Assessment

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Norm-referenced assessment - compare client’s performance to sample of peers
Criterion-referenced assessment - compare client’s skills to a certain expectation

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15
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What age do children become intentional communicators

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Around 8-9 months

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16
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What is meant by “prelinguistic”

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Consisting mostly of gestures and vocalizations

17
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How do children communicate before they are able to say words

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Nonverbal communication (gestures)

18
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What is a protoword

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Phonetically consistent forms
“Invented words”
Tied to specific context

19
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When does the first word appear

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9-18 months

20
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At how many months is no 2-word combos a concern

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18-30 months

21
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Language strengths and weaknesses associated with ASD

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Difficulties in social communication/interaction, restricted interests, repetitive behaviors
Receptive/expressive language impairments

22
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Language strengths and weaknesses associated with down syndrome

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Slower to develop speech and language, phonology and speech sound mastery is delayed, morphology and syntax is impaired
Semantic - relative strength
Pragmatics - relative weakness

23
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Language strengths and weaknesses associated with pediatric TBI

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Full language recovery is rare
Semantics - relative strength
Pragmatic language - relative weakness
Decoding and comprehending written language can be impacted

24
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Risk factors and red flags for DLD

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Premature birth, low birth weight, hospitalization, family history of language/literacy problems, late talkers

25
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Validity

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The extent to which a test measures what it is designed to measure accurately

26
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Reliability

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The consistency with which a test measures a behavior

27
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Sensitivity

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True positive

28
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Specificity

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True negative

29
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Main principles and guidelines of intervention

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Goals need to be individualized
Goals need to be functional
Prioritize language goals based on what will yield the greatest benefit
Follow the developmental sequence

30
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Service delivery models a child can receive SLP services through

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Pull out services
Classroom based instruction
Consulatative

Comm Diff and Disorders Exam 1 (5 decks)

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