Language Disorders Flashcards
SLI
- imairment not secondary to other developmental disabilities
- No known etiology
- Sequence of language development is the same to typically developing kids
- Deficits usually in language and executive functioning
2 explanations for children with SLI
- SLI represents normal variation in linguistic skills and children with SLI are at the lower end of the continuum of language skills.
- SLI is due to deficits in cognitive, auditory, perceptual, and intellectual functions that underlie language.
CP
A group of symptoms associated with brain-injury in still-developing children.
Subtypes of CP
ataxic CP
Athetoid CP
Spastic CP
Which type of CP?
- disturbed balance, awkward gait, uncoordinated movements
- due to cerebellar damage
Ataxic CP
Which type of CP?
-increased spasticity (increased tone, rigidity of muscles) as well as still, abrupt, jerky, slow movements
-Due to damage to motor cortex or direct motor pathway
Most common
Spastic CP
Which type of CP?
- slow writhing involuntary movements
- Damage to indirect motor pathways, especially basal ganglia
Atheoid CP
Hemiplegia
one side of body is paralyzed
Paraplegia
only legs and lower trunk are paralyzed
Monoplegia
only one limb is paralyzed
Diplegia
2 legs or two arms are paralyzed
Language problems related to physical and Social-environmental factors
Limited access to healthcare, low socioeconomic status and low educational levels of caretakers are associated with limited early language experience for children.
Factor most highly related to socioeconomic status is mothers educational level.
What is commonly seen in children of neglect and abuse?
expressive language delays
What is more critical to language development than ethnic background?
Socioeconomic status
What factor is most highly related to socioeconomic status?
education level of mother
Language assessment determines……
Existence of a clinically significant problem
Nature and extent of the problem
Course of action that must be taken to help
What does a standardized assessment provide?
quantitative means of comparing child’s performance to the performance of large groups of children of a similar age
Mlu
Number of utterances