SLI Quick Facts
What is the definition of a Specific Language Impairment?
Children appear to be normal except for their language acquisition, which does not match their peers
What are the two standards of comparison in assisting to determine a specific language impairment
Mental age and Chronological age
What is a clinical marker?
A behavioral feature or characteristic that differentiates a child (in this case with a specific language impairment)
Name the 6 labels and potential reasons for an SLI
Neurological bases
Access to language knowledge
Cognitive deficits
Information-processing deficits
Language-Learning environment
Genetic/family bases
What is a "late bloomer"
The children who catch up
How long does a specific language impairment last?
It's a lifelong disorder
Which type of standard for determining a Specific Language Impairment is preferred?
Chronological age
What are the two clinical markers of a Specific Language impairment?
1.Child’s ability to use grammatical morphemes
2.Non-word repetition
What are the parts of the brain significantly responsible for language?
CNS (frontal cortex/Broca's Area, basal ganglia)
What is considered a "long-term" problem
Problems that extent into the elementary and secondary school years and beyond
What kind of math is important for determining who has a Specific Language Impairment
Statistics
What are the three different statistical scoring methods used for comparing the test scores of children being tested for a Specific Language Impairment?
Standard Score
Percentile rank
Stanine Score
What is one risk factor for Specific Language Impairment?
Family history of literacy problems
birth order
being male
What are recasts?
Responses to a child's utterance that are semantically contingent and include language elements the child used but add or modify the child's utterance in a way to make it more complex or complete
What do children with SLI show a particular weakness in expressing?
Expressive syntax and morphological abilities