Midterm Flashcards
What ages is EI?
Birth - 5
What is EI?
educational approach for children who have or are at risk of a developmental delay/disability
What is the focus of EI?
prevention/remediation
What are the 5 areas that EI works on?
Sensory, Cognitive, Motor, Speech/lang., and feeding
How much is EI?
its free
Where is EI?
Least restrictive environment (home, school, hospital, daycare)
What kind of approach is EI?
Team approach
is family part of the EI team?
yes
What does IDEA stand for?
Individuals with disabilities education act
What does FAPE stand for?
Free appropriate public education
What ages is IDEA part C?
birth - 3
What ages is IDEA part B?
3-5
What qualifies someone for IDEA?
must have a 25% delay in one area (speech or motor) OR if a specialist determines that they have a need OR if they have known condition that could be a risk (DS, CP)
What is informed clinical decision?
a specialist determines there is a delay even though it doesn’t come up on the assessments
Transdisciplinary
Maximizes collaboration between team members
Role of fam is emphasized
More blended files from other team members
Ongoing collaboration and education throughout service delivery
Role of a primary service provider is to deliver direct, cross disciplinary services with the family
Interdisciplinary
Greater collaboration than multidisciplinary
Possible collaboration on assessment, goal setting and resource sharing
(island with bridges)
Multidisciplinary
Each discipline operates independently
Minimal collaboration among members
Central professional coordinate the different services, typically a service coordinator
What is a PSP?
a primary service provider
What is the purpose of the PSP?
To deliver direct, cross-disciplinary services with the family. Identify team members and facilitates services
Name some related services
- speech therapy
- special education
- behavioral therapy
- occupational therapy
- physical therapy
- vision
- counseling services
- psychological services
Is assessment ongoing?
yes, Ongoing process to determine child’s unique needs, family’s priorities, family’s concerns and resources
assessment of early communication often involves..
informal measures
Informal assessment of expressive lang includes..
speech intelligibility (% of intelligible words), phontactic characteristics (repertoire of sounds and syllables), structure of gesture and speech combos (lang sample), intentions (freq of requesting info), vocab (measure ttr, lexical density)
Disability is…
inability or lack of ability to perform tasks, functions or skills
impairment is
an abnormality in function or structure
A handicap is
the social consequences of disability or impairment that prevents the individual from realizing their full potential
What is high risk? Who is high risk?
May or may not experience developmental difficulties, though a strong possibility exists.
International adoption, socioeconomic status, neglect, fetal alcohol syndrome, prenatal exposure to drugs, premature
Established risk is easier to…
Easier to identify and have a strong link with developmental difficulties
What are some established risks?
Intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, deafness, genetic conditions
What areas of development should we be considering when working with an established risk infant/toddler?
Sensory
Cognitive
Motor
Language/speech
Feeding
mediated assistance
individualized guidance to determine amount and type optimal for each child
What age is cooing?
1-3 months
What age is vocal play?
4-6 months
In vocal play there are more…
more sounds, get control of articulators
What age is reduplicated babbling?
6-8 months
What age is Nonreduplicated babbling/varegated babbling?
8-12 months
What age are protowords?
12-13 months
What are protowords?
Early form of actual words that contain some sounds of target word
What are Deictic gestures?
early developing used to call attention to or indicate an object or action
pointing or taking an adult’s hand
What are Symbolic or representational gestures?
later developing used to establish a reference or indicate semantic contact
(waving hand to say bye or gesturing hand motions to “Itsy Bitsy Spiders”)
What are Protodeclaratives?
gestures and vocal behaviors to initiate joint attention and is often delayed in children with communication disorders
What is the purpose of gestures?
joint attention, behavioral regulation and interaction
What are the 4 parts of intentional communication?
Response (cry bc hungry), association (cry bc crying gets food), change behavior (cry to get attention), change in mental state (cry to elicit sympathy)
What do gestures lead to?
Leads to the acquisition of symbolic gestures
What do gestures show? (in terms of knowledge)
semantic knowledge
What are vocalizations?
diversity of sound and syllable shape important for later development
What do vocalizations indicate?
expressive language and performance without intervention
What are the 5 types of play development?
*Exploratory
*Relational
*Functional
*Symbolic
*Role
Steps to eval. play
- build rapport (follow his lead, interact through childs routines, respond to communication attempts)
- Assess through unstructured play by building in opportunities for a variety of intentional communication behaviors
- Structured opportunities to elicit behaviors not already reported/produced
regulatory gestures
using an object for its intended purpose
When are first words?
between 10-15 months
when do they start combining words?
between 15 months and 2 years
When is prelocutionary stage?
birth - 9/10 months
When is illocutonary?
9/10 months to 12 months
When is locutionary?
12 months and up
What is prelocutionary?
Infant does things (cries, fusses, smiles) but is not aware that these behaviors have effect on the partner
What is illocutionary?
Realizes that behaviors can have an effect on on partners and make them do something
They cry because they want something
Pointing and gestures
What is locutionary and how does it develop?
Occurs with the first words – If someone is older they still may be in this stage even if they aren’t speaking
1.Speech
2.Expressing wants and needs
3.Sharing information
4.Controlling or changing people’s thoughts/emotions
5.protesting
