Specific Language Impairment (Language Disorders)

Specific Language Impairment (Language Disorders)

Etiological- catergoricals approach to langaueg disorders

Focuses on classifcation of language disorders causes, or etiologies

Specific Language Impairment (Language Disorders)

Descriptive-developmental approach

A. Describes rather than classifies children’s language disorders & compares with Typically Developing Children (TDC)

B. Assumes child with language disorder needs to learn the same skills as Typically Developing Children

Specific Language Impairment (Language Disorders)

Descriptive-developmental approach

Classification systems

1. Bloom and Lahey

   • Problems with form: morphology, syntax, and phonology

Specific Language Impairment (Language Disorders)

Descriptive-developmental approach

Classification systems

2. Linguistic Parameters (most common in schools)

• Semantics, syntax, morphology, pragmatics, phonology

Specific Language Impairment (Language Disorders)

Descriptive-developmental approach

Classification systems

3. Specific Language Impairment (SLI): newer term in the field

• Believed to be primarily due to a syntax/morphology delay that negatively affects semantics and pragmatics

• Some confusion about the exact characteristics

• Prevalence: 7% of the population

Specific Language Impairment (Language Disorders)

Definition of language disorders- ASHA, 1980

Guidelines for considering language disorders

1. Components of language that are impaire- from, content, use of syntax, morphology, phonolgy, semantics, and pragmatics

2. Modalities that are impaired-auditory or visual input, verbal, gestural, or written output

3. Preocesses that are impaired-sentence processing, abstracting information fro storage from memory, and information retieval from memory.