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DCD EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS SOLVED
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specific language impairment - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
children have a language deficit, but NOT hearing loss,
low intelligence scores, or neurological damage
*determined exlucsionary criteria
*SLI effects 7% of children
exclusionary criteria - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ other
possible causes of language impairment must be
eliminated as possible reasons for a child's language
delay to meet criteria for SLI
major characteristics of SLI - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
language test score -1.25 standard deviations or lower
-non verbal IQ of 85 or higher
-normal hearing
-no oral abnormalities
-no neurological disorder
-normal social ability
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3 major subtypes of SLI - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -major
delay in receptive language
-major delay in expressive language
-delay in both
late talkers - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ term for later
bloomers; a young child under the age of 4 with a
language delay; these children catch up to their peers in
late pre-school
does SLI occur more frequently in males or females? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ males; ratio of 3:1
what is the cause of SLI? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ genetics
what is not the cause of SLI - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
child's environment
what are the major deficits of children with SLI? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ -morphosyntax
-verb issues
-possessive issues
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-pronoun issues
-difficulty learning complex syntax and vocabulary
what % of SLI children are diagnosed with ADHD? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 59%
what % of SLI children have reading problems? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 80%
three treatment paradigms - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1.
social interaction with peers
2. peer confederate training
3. sociodramatic script talking
social communication skills - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -peer
entry
-answering
-asking
-commenting
-conflict negotiation
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peer mediated intervention - strategies for young
children - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. identify problem
behavior
2. teach appropriate behavior
3. support practice
peer mediated intervention - strategies for school aged
students - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. encourage
understanding of other's emotions
2. practice established social routines
3. use and understand "hidden communication"
assessment types for childrn with SLI - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -in depth LSA
-norm referenced preschool language scale
-criterion referenced/naturalistic assessments
parent-child interaction assessment - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ aligned with social interaction theory, children
likely to use complex language in familiar routines,
identifies parent's scaffolding strategies, child's play
may reveal the child's level of cognitive development
(Piaget), documents target behaviors and the
antecedent events and reinforcement (behaviorist)
DCD EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS SOLVED
100% CORRECT!!
specific language impairment - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
children have a language deficit, but NOT hearing loss,
low intelligence scores, or neurological damage
*determined exlucsionary criteria
*SLI effects 7% of children
exclusionary criteria - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ other
possible causes of language impairment must be
eliminated as possible reasons for a child's language
delay to meet criteria for SLI
major characteristics of SLI - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -
language test score -1.25 standard deviations or lower
-non verbal IQ of 85 or higher
-normal hearing
-no oral abnormalities
-no neurological disorder
-normal social ability
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3 major subtypes of SLI - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -major
delay in receptive language
-major delay in expressive language
-delay in both
late talkers - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ term for later
bloomers; a young child under the age of 4 with a
language delay; these children catch up to their peers in
late pre-school
does SLI occur more frequently in males or females? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ males; ratio of 3:1
what is the cause of SLI? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ genetics
what is not the cause of SLI - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
child's environment
what are the major deficits of children with SLI? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ -morphosyntax
-verb issues
-possessive issues
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-pronoun issues
-difficulty learning complex syntax and vocabulary
what % of SLI children are diagnosed with ADHD? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 59%
what % of SLI children have reading problems? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 80%
three treatment paradigms - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1.
social interaction with peers
2. peer confederate training
3. sociodramatic script talking
social communication skills - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -peer
entry
-answering
-asking
-commenting
-conflict negotiation
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peer mediated intervention - strategies for young
children - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. identify problem
behavior
2. teach appropriate behavior
3. support practice
peer mediated intervention - strategies for school aged
students - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. encourage
understanding of other's emotions
2. practice established social routines
3. use and understand "hidden communication"
assessment types for childrn with SLI - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -in depth LSA
-norm referenced preschool language scale
-criterion referenced/naturalistic assessments
parent-child interaction assessment - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ aligned with social interaction theory, children
likely to use complex language in familiar routines,
identifies parent's scaffolding strategies, child's play
may reveal the child's level of cognitive development
(Piaget), documents target behaviors and the
antecedent events and reinforcement (behaviorist)
