Prelinguistic Flashcards
Stage where the child is not yet talking and uses a lot of prelinguistic communication which includes gestures and nonverbal meanings
Prelinguistic Stage
uses a lot of prelinguistic communication which includes gestures and nonverbal meanings
Prelinguistic Stage
If the child is still not verbal, we look into ____
skills that will facilitate the acquisition of spoken language
What skills do we see during prelinguistic stage?
- Vocalizations
- Pragmatic Skills
- Ability to use different toys (represent the
knowledge of the things around them)
How do we assess?
Vocal assessment
Parent-child communication
Gestural assessment
Precursory language skills
Presymbolic play skills
T or F: the assessments we do in prelinguistic stage are standardized tests
F. These are criterion referenced assessment, because we have a criteria and we observe and rate their performance based on the pre-identified criteria
States normal noncry vocal development in infancy (1-12 months)
Developmental vocal assessment form (proctor, 1989)
What do we get in vocal assessment?
Representative sample of 70 “comfort state” vocalizations
When do we assess the child for vocal assessment?
An alert contented state, during familiar caretaking routines
How long do we get the sample?
20 minutes, discontinue if fussy
When can we say the vocal development is “emerging”
at least 1 appropriate type of vocalization
We look for the ability of
canonical babbling
We asses it informally
Parent-Child Communication
What do we look for in parent-child communication?
Reciprocity and mutuality, Encouragement of joint attention and scaffolding the baby’s participation
What do we look for in gestural assessment
Ability of intentionality, communication intent
T OR F Ability to signal one’s intention is highly predictive of the development of higher level communication in children with disabilitie
True
If a child uses gestures that tells us that the child has
Language intent
Types of gestures
Deictic and Representational
child is able to touch (giving a toy, pushing away an
adult’s hand) 7-9 months
Contact Gestures (Deictic)
(pointing and reaching) 10-12 months*
Distal (Deictic Gestures)
Show reference = semantic content
Representational Gestures