Language Development and Disorders Review

Flashcards for reviewing key concepts related to language disorders, development, assessment, and treatment strategies.

Language Disorder

Significant impairment in language comprehension or production impacting form, content, or use, affecting social, academic, or psychological functioning.

Language Difference

Cultural or dialectal variation, often seen in bilingual children that does not indicate a disorder.

Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

A developmental language disorder characterized by significant deficits in spoken language that exists alongside other disorders.

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

A condition where children have significant difficulties understanding or using spoken language, without a known cause.

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

An injury to the brain after birth affecting language, with varying impacts depending on the type and severity of injury.

Shaken Baby Syndrome

The most common cause of TBI in children, resulting from rotational forces that can lead to serious developmental issues.

Intellectual Disability

Significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior, affecting 1-3% of children globally.

ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

A neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication and the presence of restricted, repetitive behaviors.

Bilingual DLD

Children with DLD who speak two languages may show delayed improvements compared to bilingual typically developing children.

Auditory Processing

Damage to the central nervous system affecting how sounds are processed and understood, often leading to challenges with language.

Comprehensive Language Assessment

An evaluation that includes standardized tests, interviews, observational measures, and multiple sources of information.

Criterion-referenced Tests

Assessments that evaluate a child's performance level for specific skills or tasks against defined criteria.

Norm-referenced Tests

Standardized tests that compare a child’s performance to a national sample of peers for diagnostic purposes.

Strengths-based Approach

A treatment viewpoint that focuses on leveraging and expanding a child’s strengths rather than solely targeting weaknesses.

Focused Stimulation

A technique involving communicative temptations in play-based interactions to encourage a child to use specific words.

Vertical Structuring and Expansion

A method where a clinician prompts a child to respond and then expands their response into a full sentence for better learning.

Narrative Interventions

Using storytelling structures to practice language targets, starting with support and gradually fading assistance.