SLHS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Language Disorder, Apraxia, Grammar
11 Oct 2018
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Current theories regarding child language development and disorders. Biological brain mechanism language acquisition device" (nature) A process of observation and measurement of a child"s language behaviors to determine: The nature and extent of the problem. The course to be taken to help the child. Norm-referenced tests: allows for comparison between child"s performance and a group of same-aged children. Criterion-referenced tests: the child"s performance is evaluated with regard to a standard or body of material. Testing was not normed on a large population prior to use. Recording of a child"s language behaviors under relatively typical circumstances. Key is to collect a representative sample of both expressive and comprehension. Hearing impairment can often be an underlying factor for poor language development. Generated after gathering as much information as possible and after analyzing all of the information. Whether the child has a problem with language. What is the nature of the problem (delay versus deviance) What is the extent of the problem (severity)
