SPA 4400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Language Delay

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Speech Pathology & Audiology
• Course: SPA 4400
• Professor: Laurie Mercado Gauger

Document Summary

In pre-linguistic stage, techniques parents are taught are easy to learn and come naturally to most parents. If early symbolic play behaviors are present, the language skills that go with them should be in the child"s zpd: variety of assessments available, play scale, assessing gesture. Asd: by 16 months, typical toddlers use words and gestures to name objects and by. 20 months words predominate children who persist in using gestures likely to have language delay: assessing communicative intention, formal, lots of assessments. If so, does the child understand a sentence: comprehension ability up to 3 years, 8-12 mos, understands a few single words in routine contexts, 12-18 mos, understands single words outside of routines, but still requires some contextual support. Intervention for these children will involve typical nonverbal intervention: collecting a speech sample: types, sample audio recorded in the home, parent diary.