Definitions
What is DLD?
An abnormally low language performance that interferes with learning, understanding, and using language.
What country did Sienna's article about language and communication experience sin school take place?
Sweden
What type of jobs do individuals with DLD often pursue?
Vocational or technical jobs.
What is the underlying cause in DLD?
There is not one!
What was our research question?
How does DLD affect a persons social life?
What would be the name of the disorder of an individual with Down Syndrome and developmental language disorder?
Language disorder associated with Down Syndrome.
Which gender mentioned in the Jennifers reseach article showed greater social impairment?
Female
DLD affects what percent of children?
7-10%
What differentiates children with DLD from their peers?
The frequency of the types of errors.
What are the two main approaches of DLD?
1. Discrepancy Criteria Approach
2. Functional Impairment Approach
What are morphosyntactic speech errors?
The form the words take do not align with the grammatical rules. (tense, agreement)
What country did Jennifers study on the impact of DLD on students socialization: a gender based study take place in?
Gujrat, India
How many evidence based treatments are there currently for DLD?
None.
Does the presence DLD at a younger age always lead to increasing social or emotional difficulties over time?
No.
What was the name of the gene that was thought to be the cause of DLD? (BUT IS NOT)
Fox P2
What approach is "DLD diagnosis is given when there is a surprisingly low degree of language skill found when analyzing the child's language ability on what the child should be able to do given the overall mental ability."?
Discrepancy Criteria Approach
In Anthonys study about insecure patterns of attachment, what was the task that the participants completed?
Attachment Story Completion Task
The same!
Which gender lagged behind the other in vocabulary growth (only in the younger ages)?
Males
In the interactive book reading treatment, after how many weeks were the words forgotten?
2 weeks
What approach is "DLD diagnosis is given when the child’s expressive and receptive language performance result in an impairment in functioning."?
Functional Impairment Approach
What where the two names in Siennas article about children's experiences with DLD?
Zack and Olga
What percent of children with DLD will lag behind their age group in educational achievements?
About 90%.
What are the four considerations for treatment?
1. Dosage/intensity
2. Treatment setting
3. Strategy
4. Personnel
What did Dr T yell at the mall that he said would get him fired?
"I am going to go look at dicks!"