Week 7 (Ch. 7) Flashcards
Children with known risk factors that are referred during infancy: what 4 common risks?
Down Syndrome
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Hearing impairment identified in infancy
Neurological involvement, such as CP or prenatal drug exposure
Children who come to us through Child Find or other referral sources or simply because their parents are concerned about their development: 4 common concerns
Those with hearing impairment not identified earlier
Fetal alcohol effects
Fragile X syndrome
Acquired disorders secondary to encephalitis, trauma, or abuse
For children in the 18- to 36-month range, the decision to intervene should be based on
an accumulation of risk factors
Highest priority for intervention are those with what 6 problems/issues?
- Cognitive deficits
- Hearing impairment or chronic middle ear disease
- Social or preverbal communicative problems
- Dysfunctional families
- Risks associated with their birth histories
- Family history of language and reading problems
4 language predictors of need for intervention
Language production, language comprehension, phonology, imitation
Explain language production as a predictor for intervention
Small vocabulary for age: Few verbs, preponderance of general verbs (make, go, get, do).
More transitive verbs (that take a direct object: hit ball)
Few intransitive verbs (without direct object: lie down) and bitransitive verbs (that take both direct and indirect object: give the ball to me).
Explain language comprehension as a predictor for intervention
Presence of 6 month comprehension delay
Comprehension deficit with large comprehension-production gap
Explain phonology as a predictor for intervention
Few prelinguistic vocalizations, limited number of consonants, limited variety in babbling, reduced rate of babbling, fewer than 50% consonants correct (substitution of glottal consonants and back sounds for front): restricted syllable structure, vowel errors
Explain imitation as a predictor for intervention
Few spontaneous imitations, Reliance on direct modeling and prompting in imitation tasks
3 non-language predictors of need for intervention
play, gestures, social skills
Explain play as a predictor for intervention
Primarily manipulating and grouping, little combinatorial or symbolic play
Explain gestures as a predictor for intervention
Few communicative gestures, symbolic gestural sequences, or supplementary gestures (gestures that add meaning to words produced)
Explain social skills as a predictor for intervention
Reduced rate of communication, reduced range of expression of communication intentions, behavior problems, few conversational initiations, interacts with adults more than peers, difficulty gaining access to peer actviities
4 risk factors for language delay
- males more vulnerable to delay than females
- Otitis media (prolonged periods of untreated OM)
- Family history (members with persistent language, reading, and learning problems)
- Parent characteristics
5 parent characteristics that are risk factors for language delay
low maternal education
low ses
more directive than responsive interactive style
produces less talk contingent on child’s productions
high parental concern
2 considerations when deciding to intervene when a child has no other known risk factors
- Intervention may accomplish facilitation.. hastening development that would eventually happen on its own
- Or it may serve as a secondary preventive function by helping to minimize later effects on learning even when more basic oral language problems resolve
Children who have learning disabilities often have histories of
delayed language development
Late talkers who show normal range skills language and literacy skills at 5-6 years, begin to show ______________ later on.
literacy deficits
Intervention for late talkers not only increased __________________ but also _____________________.
their language skills; improvements in social skills
Guidelines for play assessment: <18 months, symbolic play level 1
pre-symbolic scheme; the child shows understanding of conventional object use or meaning by brief recognitory gestures. There is no pretending. Properties of present object are the stimulus. Child appear serious rather than playful.
Example: picks up something, puts it in proper position to use, then drops it
Guidelines for play assessment: 18-24 months, symbolic play level 2
Autosymbolic scheme: the child pretends at self-related activities. Pretending is present. Symbolism is directly involved with the child’s body. Child appears playful, seems aware of pretending.
Example: pretends to eat or drink from appropriate objects, pretends to sleep (hands and eyes)
Guidelines for play assessment: 24-36 months, symbolic play level 3
Single-scheme symbolic games; the child extends symbolism beyond own actions by including other agents or objects of actions. Pretending at activities of other people or objects such as dogs, vehicles, etc.
Example: pretends to read, sleep, make car sounds when moving a car
Guidelines for play assessment: 24-36 months, symbolic play level 4 (combinatorial symbolic games) A
Single scheme combinations: one pretend scheme is related to several actors or pretend receivers of action
Example: combs own and mother’s hair, toy bottle feeds self and doll, empty spoon to self and others’ mouth
Guidelines for play assessment: 24-36 months, symbolic play level 4 (combinatorial symbolic games) B
Multischeme combinations: several schemes are related to one another in sequence
Example: holds up play telephone and dials, kisses doll and puts it to bed, cooks feeds and cleans dishes for doll
Guidelines for play assessment: 24-36 months, symbolic play level 5 (hierarchical pretend) A and B
A. Planned single-act symbolic games: the child indicates verbally or nonverbally that pretend acts are planned before being executed
B. Planned multi-scheme symbolic acts
Example: finds iron, sets it down, searches for cloth while tossing aside several object, When cloth found, irons it.
Gestures highly related to ____________ in early development.
language
Children often rely on ___________ to express meanings when they are still very limited in their verbal abilities
gestures
____________________ often lead the way to multiword speech
Word-gesture combinations
Gestures are an Important ______________ indicator for children with delayed language
prognostic
2 instruments for assessing gesture
MacArthus-Bates Communicative Development Inventory
Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales
3 types of gestures
deictic, symbolic, representational
Define: deictic gestures
showing, giving, pointing, ritualized requests such as reaching
Define: symbolic play gestures
play schemes including recognitory gestures; actions carried out on an object to depict the object and its function (e.g. holding telephone to ear)
Define: representational gestures
do not manipulate objects; a form is used to stand for a referent (flapping arms to represent bird)
Deictic gesture progression throughout language stages
10-12 months: emerge for first time, use of pointing predicts first word use
15-16 months: gestures complement spoken forms, children show preference for either gestural or vocal expression
18-20 months: increased pointing in combination with spoken words
Symbolic gesture progression throughout language stages
12-13 months: play schemes emerge, recognitory gestures first, then self-directed symbolic play (e.g. feeding self from empty spoon)
15-16 months: other-directed play schemes emerge (e.g. pretending to feed doll)
18-20 months: transition to play schemes without object (e.g. holding hand to ear instead of toy telephone to pretend talking).
Multi-scheme symbolic play emerges (e.g. stirring then feeding).
Representational gesture progression throughout language stages
12-13 months: emerge for first time (e.g. puts hand to mouth to indicate that they want a bite of moms cookie).
15-16 months: gestures complement spoken forms; children show preference for either gestural or vocal expression
18-20 months: gesture-plus-spoken word combinations emerge; increase in word use; preference for words over gestures
Formal methods of communication assessment
SEE TABLE 7-1
3 Informal methods of communication assessment
Assess communicative intention
Assess comprehension
Assess productive language
Children’s attempt to communicate can take several forms: 2 main categories
verbal (words) or nonverbal (gestures)
Communication assessment should include:
observing the child playing with some interesting toys and a familiar adult
What 3 aspects of communication can be examined as part of this assessment
- Range of communicative functions expressed
- Frequency of communication
- Means by which the child attempts to convey his/her message
Bates (1976) divided early communication into what two basic functions:
Proto-declarative and proto-imperative
Define: protodeclarative functions of communication
preverbal attempts to get an adult to focus on an object or event by such acts as showing off, showing, point out objects, pictures etc.
Define: protoimperative functions of communication. 3 examples
Used to get an adult to do or not do something
Requests for objects
Requests for actions
Rejections or protests
Define: discourse functions of communication: 3 examples
Intentions that refer to previous speech acts
Requests for information, acknowledgments, answers
Expect 18-month-olds to produce about ______ instances of intentional communication/minute
2
Expect 24-month-olds to produce more than ___ /min
5
If less is noted, than child is at risk for _____________________.
development of functional speech
Intervention should focus on what 2 things?
eliciting single-word productions and increasing the frequency of nonverbal communication, particularly proto-declaratives
As children progress through the emerging language period, they increase the _______________ of the forms of communication they use
sophistication
Gestural means of communication are predominant at approximately _______ months of age
8 to 12