assessment of spoken language

spoken language disorder

Impairment in any of the following domains:

*Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, Pragmatics

spoken language disorder can be

receptive language disorder, expressive, or mixed

5 language domains

phonology

morphology

semantics

syntax

pragmatics

cognition

*related to all aspects of language

*Attention, focus, reasoning, perception, memory and overall executive function skills

informal assessment

*Determine the functional implications

*Some clients- all informal (Bilingual population)

Late talker vs language disorder

*Children who have fewer than 50 expressive words or no word combinations at age 2 are at increased risk

*Children who do not catch up to same-age peers by age 3 demonstrate a language delay

*Risk factors and developmental signs

children who are more likely to outgrow a language delay

*Frequent and effective nonverbal communication

*Strong language comprehension

*Good articulatory accuracy for age

child with a language disorder will typically demonstrate one or more of the following:

*Delayed onset of language

*Limited amount of language

*Deficiencies in syntactic, semantic, and morphologic component *Deficient cognitive skills

*Academic problems

*Limited language comprehension

*Poor listening skills

*Limited conversational skills

*Limited ability to narrate experiences

*General inappropriate use of language

Assessment of written language includes

reading, reading comprehension, spelling and/orwritten expression

Roles of the SLP with written language

*Identifying children with or at risk for written language problems *Assessing reading and writing

*Assessing comprehension and expression of written text

*Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate assessment

*Providing intervention

*Serving as an advocate

*Referring to other professionals

learn to read to learn

*Children learn to read through 3rd grade; from then on, they read to learn

*Beginning in 4th grade, students face more complex sentence structures, abstract concepts, and advanced vocabulary

Written language disability characteristics

*Poor phonemic awareness

*Poor word recognition

*Difficulty with phonetic decoding of new words

*Difficulty attaching meaning to words, phrases, sentences

*Difficulty with grammar

*Difficulty processing complex sentences

*Overreliance on contextual cues

*Lack of interest in literature

* Reduced speaking rate

*Limited vocabulary

*Poor comprehension of stories

*Poor social skills

Types of written language disorders

*Dyslexia

*Dysgraphia

*Language-based learning disability (LLD)

*Hyperlexia