Early Language Disorders
What are examples of a basic preverbal skill that fosters language development?
Localization, mutual gaze, joint attention/joint action routines, vocalization
literacy or reading and writing
What is the language domain that includes social communication?
pragmatics
What is a role/responsibility of an SLP as they work with a child/family who is using AAC?
Educate and train medical professionals, educators, and family members about AAC and how to support use
Serve as liason between the family and speech generating device (SGD) provider
Screen individuals who may benefit from AAC and conduct culturally and linguistically relevant assessment
Provide trial periods for AAC devices and take data
Trial a variety of multi-modal supports (no-tech, low-tech, high-tech)
Develop personalized treatment plans across communication settings
Counsel children and families who use AAC about communication-related issues and provide education
aimed at preventing device abandonment and other complications relating to AAC use
Advocate for children and their families
Long-term goals should include [ ] and are written more broadly than short-term goals
What is a new skill acquired by the child during the concrete operational stage?
Age 7 – 11
◦Development of organized and rational
thinking
◦Abstract reasoning still emerging
◦Can apply logical rules to physical objects
◦ Children understand that something stays the same in quantity even though its appearance changes
Provide an example of how you might assess phonological awareness of a child using the word "bat." In other words, how would you expect a child with strong phonological awareness to be able to manipulate this word?
segmenting, blending, rhyming
Name two social communication behaviors
Turn-taking in conversation
Introducing the topic when you begin speaking Staying on topic
Trying another method of explanation when misunderstood
Using gestures and body language to support the message
What is the difference between an aided and unaided AAC system?
Aided - requires external support
Unaided - does not require support, requires some degree of motor control
Josue will label objects provided one verbal cue during structured play activities across two consecutive sessions.
What is missing?
Criterion
What are two different examples of communicative intents?
(preverbal) attention seeking, requesting, greetings, transfer, rejecting/protesting, responding/acknowledging, informing
Why are adolescents with language disorders often overlooked in the education system?
What is a form of evidence-based supports for students with social communication disorder or autism spectrum disorders
1) Make the abstract concrete
2) Provide a scaffold of language support
3) Foster self-awareness and self-esteem
4) Program in a sequential and progressive
manner
5) Provide opportunities for practice and
generalization
What is the difference between a static and dynamic display?
Static: Symbols remain in a fixed location, there are a finite #
of choices
Dynamic: Selection of a target may prompt a new page or prompt to appear
- Often displays are arranged by category (i.e. “clothing”,
“school”, “job”)
What are the five components of an effectively written short-term goal?
Task, context, criterion, duration, level of support
What does LLE stand for?
Late Language Emergence
Why is it important to acknowledge dialects when completing a language sample analysis?
We all speak with a particular dialect. The failure to acknowledge mainstream american english (mainstream american english) makes it seem as though any other dialect is a deviation from the gold standard.
When completing a language analysis for a child who speaks with a dialect other than MAE using norms associated with MAE can lead to a diagnosis of a language disorder rather than difference.
What is ableism?
discrimination, stereotyping, and/or devaluation of individuals with disabilities
What is an example of a low-tech AAC device and high-tech AAC device?
low tech- - Pictures
- Objects
- Photographs
- Writing
- Communication boards/books
high tech
- Speech generating devices
- Single-message devices and
recordable/digitized devices
- AAC software that enables dynamic
symbol/language representation and that is
used with some form of technology
hardware (e.g., computer, tablet,
smartphone)
James will self-disclose in an informative manner given one verbal cue three times across three consecutive sessions.
What is missing?
Context
How might a clinican facilitate joint attention?
practice turn-taking, use animated voice, gestures, and expressions, follow an infant's gaze to object then point and label it
What might therapy with an adolescent with a language disorder focus on?
story grammar, how to learn from listening, how to communicate more effectively, vocabulary, compensatory strategies for wordfinding/identification
Describe the Double Empathy Problem
The double empathy problem offers a counter-narrative to the theory that communication breakdowns between autistic and non-autistic people are one-sided in nature.
Name two myths regarding AAC
AAC WILL HINDER SPEECH DEVELOPMENT
AAC IS ONLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT SPEAK
Generate a goal for a child that at baseline is able to produce /s/ in single words with 10% accuracy.
[appropriate goal with task, context, criterion, level of support, and duration]