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T or F. Language leaning disability (LLD) is also known as specific language impairment (SLI).
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True.
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T or F. Specific language impairment is secondary to other developmental disabilities.
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False.
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What is the sequence of language development in children with SLI?
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The sequence of language development in children with SLI is the same as that of typically developing children.
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General characteristics of children with SLI are seen in what area?
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Problems are most often seen with various components of language.
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What is overextension?
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Occurs when children apply a very broad meaning to items (e.g. all round items are balls).
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What is underextension?
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Occurs when children do not apply a new word to objects that are included in the meaning of that word. The word is too narrowly.
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What are the two major explanations for SLI?
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There is an underlying deficit.
SLI reflects a normal variation in linguistic skills but children are at the lower end of the normal continuum. |
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What should be the most appropriate role for a SLP helping children in the schools?
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Collaborate with the teacher to develop accommodations for the specific needs of the student.
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A fourth grade child is demonstrating difficulty reading aloud. What should intervention focus on?
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Intervention should focus on reading and spelling to build on the aspects of oral language skills that support reading development including vocabulary, fluency, and text comprehension.
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Why do children with language impairments struggle academically?
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Children with LI normally less engaged in literacy activities therefore have limited opportunities with new words. This limits their vocabulary growth and affects their academic skills.
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A children who has recently moved from a Spanish speaking country is demonstrating difficulty in receptive and expressive language. Does this child have a speech/language disorder?
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a spontaneous speech sample much be collected to determine if a disorder or a dialect difference is present. Idiolectal modification and dialect constitute a difference and not a disorder.
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T or F. Lack of grammatical and punctuation errors are primary characteristics frequently demonstrated in products of writing in older students with LLD?
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False.
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What is a therapy implication for the specific language impairment pattern of plateau?
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Intervention uses a developmental sequence to foster emerging language.
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What are the elements of story grammar within a script therapy format known to be effective?
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Initiating events, internal response, themes, attempts, and conclusions.
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What is a contribution best made by the SLP within the later literacy development stage?
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To provide enhancement of comprehension skills through a focus on deepening vocabulary knowledge found in classroom texts.
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An example of syntactic skills is...
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Connectives by using conjunctives to link propositions within a sentence. Presence of these connectives can serve as a measure of literate language growth.
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T or F. Chronological age is an appropriate principle of treatment for serving children with language problems.
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False.
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What two specific characteristics are considered two speech sound problems in children with SLI?
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Articulatory problems
Phonological problems |
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Which syllable structure is most often evident in children with SLI, CV or CVCV?
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CV.
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What are two common language problems in children with SLI?
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Use of overextensions/underextensions
word-finding difficulties |