Chapter 1 - Models of Child Language Disorders

Definition of Language disorder

An impairment in “comprehension and/or use of a spoken, written and/or other symbol system. The disorder may involve (1) the form of language and (2) the content of language and (3) the function of language in communication in any combination

What is a Naturalistic perspective

(AKA) medical or deficit model) - impairment is characterized as a deviation from the average level of ability achieved by a similar group of people; usually identified with a test

What is a Normative perspective

(AKA functional impairment model) - Takes into account society’s values and expectations; does child function in real settings like others his age

Who was one of the first to describe children with poor understanding and use of speech and to differentiate them from those with intellectual disability

Gall (1825)

Who was thought of as the father of the modern study of child (or developmental language disorders)

Samuel T. Orton

Who developed “Associative method,” first systematic attempt to teach language to children with disabilities

McGinnis (1956)

Instrumental in applying information on normal language development to the problem of treating children with language disorder, and one of the first individuals to push language and its disorders into the purview of the speech therapist

Morely (1957)

Who established a new field of practice dubbed “language pathology”

Myklebust (1954)

Who introduced the theory of transformation grammar

Chomsky (1957)

What does DLD stand for

Developmental language disorder