language plasticity/cerebral palsy

Question 1

brain plasticity

Answer 1

brain is constantly changing throughout lifetime. can be changed by experiences and has ability to recover and re-organize after injury

Question 2

critical period of language acquisition

Answer 2

before the age of 10
ex.young children can pick up foreign languages quickly and accent free
deprivation from abuse (Genie)
high rate of manual babbling in deaf children than non deaf children

Question 3

importance of early intervention

Answer 3

children have better brain capacity than adults in their superior ability to learn language and their capacity to recover from brain injury. early intervention provides ciritical window of opportunity for children because of the high plasticity. receiving intense EI means they might be able to go to normal kindergarten and and need significantly less service in future years

Question 4

cerebral palsy

Answer 4

motor function disorder about lack of muscle control. may be congenital or acquired. permanent, non progressive brain lesion, damage doesnt worsen

Question 5

most cases of cerebral palsy occur

Answer 5

before birth (several causes preventable and treatable)

Question 6

early signs of cerebral palsy

Answer 6

stiff or floppy posture, lack of head control, weak suck and feeding difficulties

Question 7

2 primary factors influence language development of kids with cerebral palsy

Answer 7

1. if they also have an intellectual disability

2. ability of how much they can explore environment