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38 Cards in this Set
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Language impairments can be what type of disorders? |
Developmental or acquired. |
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Language impairments affect what? |
Spoken and/or written language in comprehension and production. |
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Phonology, morphology, and syntax. |
The form of language |
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Semantics. |
Content |
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Pragmatics. |
The function of language. |
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How many percent of toddlers are late talkers? |
15 |
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Primary language impairment affects how many percent of children over the age of 5? |
7 to 10 |
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How many children exhibit mild to sever intellectual disability as a result of down syndrome? |
1 in 1000 |
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How many children exhibit autism or autism spectrum disorder? |
1 in 400 |
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What is the cause of language disorders? |
Etiology |
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This occurs in absence of any other disability. An example is specific language disability. |
Primary language disorder. |
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This occurs in result of another disability. An example is an intellectual disability. |
Secondary language disorder. |
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When do developmental disorders present? |
From birth. |
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When are acquired disorders present? |
After birth. |
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What are the severity levels of language disorders? |
Mild, Moderate, severe, profound. |
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People who score an IQ between 70 to 75 are thought to have what? |
An Intellectual disability |
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Intellectual disabilities are characterized by what? |
Substantial limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. Origination before age 18. |
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What are language characteristics in language disorders? |
Language abilities can be below cognitive abilities, slower development rate, deviation from typical developmental patterns, language deficits. |
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Difficulties in acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, and/or mathematics. |
Heterogeneous learning disabilities. |
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How many percent of individuals have learning disabilities? |
3 |
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Characterized by having primary difficulty learning and using symbols. Affects males more than females. |
Language-learning disability. |
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Characterized by underlying neurological impairment in executive functioning that regulates behavior. |
ADHD |
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Characterized by difficulty reading or producing written symbols. |
Dyslexia |
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How many people have some sort of reading problem? |
80% |
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Specific impairment in language functioning. Characterized by the absence of all other possible disorders. |
Specific Language impairment |
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Abnormal functioning in social interaction, communication, and behavior. Might be nonverbal, lack typical prosody, demonstrate echolalia. Pragmatics and semantics are more affected than form. May employ verbal routines or misinterpret subtleties of conversation. |
Autistic spectrum disorder |
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How many children are affected per year in the US? |
1 million |
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What type of maltreatment is significant in language development? |
Child-mother |
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What are symptoms of neglect/abuse? |
Possible recurring physical, psychological, and emotional problems. Less talkative and less likely to volunteer information. |
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What is fetal alcohol syndrome? |
Exposure to alcohol during embryonic development. |
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What are characteristics of FAS? |
Low birth weight, CNS dysfunction, growth deficiency, dysmorphic features disabilities. |
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What is literacy? |
The use of visual modes of education (reading and writing) |
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How many children may have problems with literacy? |
60% |
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What is decoding? |
Segmenting a word into its component sounds and blending together to form a word. |
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What is phonological awareness? |
Knowledge of sounds, syllables, and sound structure of words. |
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What is phonemic awareness? |
Ability to manipulate sounds. |
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What is needed for comprehension? |
Syntax, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics. |
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What is emerging literacy? |
During early speech and language development, children learn skills that are important to the development of literacy. |
