SLI Extra Reading Flashcards
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SLI children and motor milestones
Name and date
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- More children with SLI are late in reaching motor milestones than children without SLI
- Questions specificity of SLI; does it combine with other steps of motor development
- Walking aided, walking alone, riding tricycle etc.
Diepeeveen et al. 2018
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SLI children and verbs
Name and date
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- SLI and control both accurate with comprehension
- Noted discrepancy between production and comprehension ability
- SLI children have significantly more issues with choosing verbs of placement (eg. hang)
Hannson and Bruce 2002
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SLI into adolescence and social factors
Name and date
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- Adolescents with SLI more vulnerable to bullying, emotional difficulties and psychiatric difficulties
- There is heterogeneity (variation); some have positive experiences
- At greater risk of ADHD
- Guidance and support most important at transition points from child to adolescent
Durkin and Conti-Ramsden 2010
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SLI children and phonology
Name and date
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- SLI children have difficulty processing sound-based information
- Struggle to access and store phonological representations
- Increased risk of ongoing language and literacy problems
- Vocabulary and syntax development relies on phonological accuracy
Claessen and Leitão 2012
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SLI and Year 6 performance
Name and date
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- Poor levels of performance found relative to national average in Science, Maths and English
- Language skills are an essential requirement for accessing education
- Long-term educational prognosis for children with SLI is discouraging
- SATs Poor mathematics scores may be down to poor literacy levels (shows effects on other subject areas)
- SATs results suggest current special measures are not suitable for SLI children’s needs
Knox 2002
6
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SLI children and reading
Name and date
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- SLI children vulnerable for difficulties with oral to written transition
- Reading and comprehension issues in transition from primary to secondary school
- Language difficulties at 11 years increase the risk of difficulties in reading
Simkin and Conti-Ramsden 2006
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SLI Treatment approaches
Imitation
Name and date
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- Elicit imitation is dominant approach
- Children’s imitations are often filtered through linguistic system
- Start with smaller units of target structure; longer units come later
- Toys to remove drill-like structure
- Question linked to utterance for when imitation is no longer needed
Leonard 2014
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SLI Treatment approaches
Modeling
Name and date
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- Adult produces model utterances, child observes
- Child then joins in to create suitable utterances
- Toys and pictures may be used
- Aim to get child to imitate syntactical variants
Leonard 2014
9
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SLI treatment approaches
Milieu Teaching
Name and date
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- In a play setting
- Natural contingencies/circumstances
- Child chooses activity
- Experimenter provides specific cues for production of the target
Leonard 2014
10
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SLI treatment approaches
Conversational re-casting
Name and date
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- Experimenter uses target form in conversation
- Play activities and experimenter responds to child
- Used with other treatment approaches
Leonard 2014
