CH. 4 - Language Disorders in Children

Question 1

parents comment on 3-year old w/delayed speech’s play by saying “you are making the car go fast” or “that pig is pink” this technique is: self-talk; expansion; expatiation; parallel talk; or joint reference?

Answer 1

this is parallel talk.

Question 2

6 yr-old boy: has “no friends,” does not initiate interactions w/ others, appropriate language comprehension, social skills concern, well-behaved and nondisruptive. Tx should focus on what?

Answer 2

increasing assertiveness in conversation (j. strommer’s goal)

Question 3

9 yr old boy scores fine on PPVT and gets good grades. teacher complains he interrupts and irritates listeners; rude, disrespectful loner. Tx should focus on what?

Answer 3

pragmatics

Question 4

teenager has receptive and expressive language deficits and is getting Ds in class. Tx should target what?

Answer 4

increasing social use of language and collaborating with classroom teachers.

Question 5

child who shows slow, writhing, involuntary movements has what type of CP?

Answer 5

athetoid CP

Question 6

T/F Standardized language tests help sample behaviors adequately, providing multiple contexts for sampling target-language behaviors.

Answer 6

False! Provide only 1 or 2 contexts for behavior–pretty inadequate representation of a variety of sample behaviors.

Question 7

how many words/morphemes?: “my birthday party was fun–we ate cake and cookies!”

Answer 7

10 words, 11 morphemes

Question 8

list four goals relevant to increase semantic skills

Answer 8

• increase types/numbers of words child uses in classroom
• increase specific word usage, decrease non-specific word usage (this, that, thing)
• decrease overextensions
• increase comprehension of vocabulary words

Question 9

a child with TBI would manifest what?

Answer 9

impaired word retrieval and comprehension, lack of attention and memory issues.

Question 10

T/F: bc many children w/ lang disorders have difficulties with working memory, clinicians should only focus on auditory modality–not worry about tactile or visual cues

Answer 10

False

Question 11

8 yr old girl with TTR = .31

What do you conclude?

Answer 11

low in lexical skills, or the number of words she uses expressively (TTR of .5 is within normal range)

Question 12

Make sure AAC device symbols are _______

Answer 12

transparent

Question 13

issues with -er and -est reflect what

Answer 13

problems with morphological skills

Question 14

aspergers characteristics?

Answer 14

seemingly excellent vocabulary and normal syntactic skills, speech that often seems like a monologue in which they do not allow others their conversational partners to take turns

Question 15

What is the SCERTS approach to intervention

Answer 15

emphasizes the importance of targeting goals in social communication and emotional regulation by implementing transactional supports, which include visual supports, environmental arrangements, and communication-style adjustments.

Question 16

What does SCERTS stand for

Answer 16

Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support

Question 17

which utterance has 2 morphemes:

-mice - cupcake -choo-choo -no no! -daddy’s

Answer 17

daddy’s

Question 18

classroom-based intervention is called what?

Answer 18

(technically push in – but ASHA doesn’t want to call it this) going into classroom and helping students with SLI in a small group format to achieve class curriculum goals.

Question 19

child asks other child “lets play house, you be the mommy i be the daddy” what kind of play is this?

Answer 19

cooperative play

Question 20

3 yr old says “plane sky” parent replies “yes i see that big silver plane flying up in the blue sky!” whats this called

Answer 20

extension

Question 21

word retrieval skills fall into which speech category?

Answer 21

semantics

Question 22

“before you put on your jacket, be sure to grab your snack” child puts on jacket then gets snack..this is called?

Answer 22

having difficulty w/ ‘order of mention’

Question 23

expansion vs. extension

Answer 23

expansion: expanding a child’s telegraphic utterance into a more grammatically complete utterance. “doggy bark” –> “yes the doggy is barking.”
extension: commenting on the child’s utterances and adding new and relevant information. “play ball” –> “yes you are playing with a big, red, plastic ball that bounces.”