Language Disorders

Question 1

Language disorders encompass the following:

Answer 1

deficits in social communication, grammar, and language; cognitive deficits; issues with literacy and nonverbal communication

Question 2

What are risk factors for language disorders?

Answer 2

Lack of social skills, mom used drugs; complications or infections during birth; genetic syndromes; poverty; neglect/abuse; no first words

Question 3

Language disorders for pre-k and elementary aged children is characterized by

Answer 3

problems with receptive/expressive language; delayed language onset; issues with pragmatics and syntax; issues with learning grammatical morphemes

Question 4

What are the general principles and procedures for assessing a child for a language disorder?

Answer 4

Obtain results from vision testing, hearing testing, intelligence testing; interview family members; Obtain information about their academic performance; obtain medical data

Question 5

What are established risk factors for language disorders in infants and toddlers?

Answer 5

exposure to toxins/severe infectious disease; congenital malformations; genetic syndromes; neurological disorders; atypical developmental disorders; chronic illness

Question 6

What are general treatment principles for a child with a language disorder?

Answer 6

Collaborate with multidisciplinary team; involve the family as much as possible; target academic and social language; be sensitive to cultural and linguistic differences; use EBP; select literacy skills whenever appropriate; a multimodal approach should always be used

Question 7

What is the difference between the therapy techniques expansion vs extension?

Answer 7

Expansion is when a person expands a child’s speech so that it is grammatically correct. Extension is when a person comments on a child’s utterance and adds to it.

Question 8

What is the therapy technique of focused stimulation?

Answer 8

A clinician models a target structure to stimulate the child to do it.

Question 9

What is milieu teaching?

Answer 9

A therapy technique where a child gains language skills through participating in natural conversations

Question 10

What is the difference between parallel talk, self-talk, and recasting?

Answer 10

Parallel talk is when a clinician comments on a child’s actions and objects; self-talk is when a clinician talks about what they are doing; recasting is repeating the child’s utterances into a more complex manner.

Question 11

What is the SCERTS model?

Answer 11

A way of treating individuals that targets social communication and emotional regulation using visuals, changes to the environment, and changing communication style