Week 6

Question 1

What is a language disorder?

Answer 1

Disruption to normal language acquisition

Question 2

Is developmental language disorder functional or organic?

Answer 2

Functional

Question 3

What are the goals for intellectual disability like?

Answer 3

They are highly individualized, with a focus on improving functional communication

Question 4

What are usually weaknesses for those with down symdrome?

Answer 4

Pragmatics, fast-paced language and higher level language can be difficult to keep up with

Question 5

What are usually strengths for those with down syndrome?

Answer 5

Semantics may be lower but not considered a weakness

Question 6

True or false. Full recovery for pediatric brain injury is common.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

What is usually a weakness for those with pediatric brain injury?

Answer 7

Pragmatic language

Question 8

What is usually a strength for those with pediatric brain injury?

Answer 8

Semantics

Question 9

At what age is it likely for DLD to be a life long condition?

Answer 9

Around 5 years old

Question 10

What are some populations that are at risk for DLD?

Answer 10

Premature birth, low birth weight, infants who require hospitalization, family history of literacy problems

Question 11

What are some characteristics of DLD?

Answer 11

Deficits in multiple language domains
Form: phonology, morphology, and syntax errors
Content: smaller vocabulary, requires more trials to learn more words
Use: immature social communication, difficulty understanding and applying pragmatic rules

Question 12

Why is DLD misunderstood?

Answer 12

It is relatively unknown to the public

Question 13

True or false. DLD is NOT due to low intelligence

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Is DLD a lifelong disorder?

Answer 14

Yes, it can affect many aspects of life such as social and academic

Question 15

What are the four types of assesment tools?

Answer 15

Case history: collecting information on a client
Norm-referenced assessment: score on test and gives percentile range, compared to other people, administered in a standardized fashion
Criterion-referenced assessment: compare skills to a certain pre-determined expectation, 80% = passed
Observational tools: in the home, in the classroom, interacting with parent vs teacher vs peers

Question 16

What are the principles of treatment?

Answer 16

Goals need to be individualized and functional, and prioritize language goals on what will yield the greatest benefit now, follow the developmental sequence

Question 17

What are the general guidelines for treatment?

Answer 17

Family centered approach
Goals needs to be relevant, functional, and culturally appropriate
Target social and academic communication skills

Question 18

What are some examples of service delivery models?

Answer 18

Children with disabilities are required by federal law to receive accommodations such as pull-out services, in-class instruction, and consultative

Question 19

What is fluency?

Answer 19

Smooth and forward flow of speech

Question 20

What are some typical disfluencies?

Answer 20

Word repetitions, phrase repetitions, and interjections

Question 21

What is stuttering?

Answer 21

Speech disorder characterized by repetition of sounds or syllables

Question 22

What are some common stuttering behaviors?

Answer 22

syllable/sound repetitions, sound prolongations, blocks

Question 23

What are some secondary behaviors of stuttering?

Answer 23

Eye blinking, head nodding, jaw jerking

Question 24

What is developmental stuttering?

Answer 24

Period of disfluencies that usually goes away with time

Question 25

At what age is stuttering likely to be lifelong?

Answer 25

Around 3 1/2

Question 26

What are the three major treatment approaches for stuttering treatment?

Answer 26

Indirect, Direct, and using both

Question 27

What is cluttering?

Answer 27

Disfluency in the rate of speech, usually people are unaware they are doing it, maze behavior or switching topics while speaking