COGS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Specific Language Impairment, Dyslexia, Dyslexie
18 May 2018
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SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT SLI
WHAT IS IT?
• Unexplained disorder;
• Difficulty in expressing their own language;
• Normal intelligence, no reason to have this issue (which is why it is unexplained);
• Overlaps with dyslexia 50% of the time;
• They grow up in a normal environment, have normal physiology and psychology;
• Find it difficult to express meanings.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
• Cat fid the right ords;
• Limited vocab;
• Use short, simple sentences;
• Poor at retelling stories or relaying information;
• Wrong words in a sentence;
• They do not appear to listen;
• Do not appear to show interest in stories;
• Poor understanding or complicated sentences;
• Finds it hard to follow instructions;
• Parroting words or phrases.
WHY ARE PEOPLE LESS AWARE OF IT?
• hidde disability
o They look normal
o Good at many things
o The poor understanding can be perceived as unintelligent, rude, or lazy
o Failing to express oneself can also be interpreted as unintelligent.
HOW CAN YOU WORK OUT IF SOMEONE HAS IT?
• No conclusive way
• A two-step process:
o 1. Use global and general tests for receptive or expressive language;
o 2. Work out if it is a significant problem for their age.
• Rare to find specific cases.
ASSESSING SLI
Step One:
• Assess how specific it is
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Document Summary
Why are people less aware of it? (cid:862)hidde(cid:374) disability(cid:863: they look normal, good at many things, the poor understanding can be perceived as unintelligent, rude, or lazy, failing to express oneself can also be interpreted as unintelligent. How can you work out if someone has it: no conclusive way, a two-step process, 1. Use global and general tests for receptive or expressive language: 2. Work out if it is a significant problem for their age: rare to find specific cases. Step one: assess how specific it is, standardised tests (relative to age) If all normal for age, likely to be sli. If not normal for age, then must be taking into account when deciding on treatment. Step two: speech and language therapist, standardised (fixed items, order, scoring) and normed (compare results to people in same age or grade) tests used to measure components of spoken language.
