Specific language impairment

Childhood apraxia of speech demonstrates a broad range of specific speech characteristics. A variety of diagnostic descriptions entail characteristic symptoms throughout the stages of development. According to ASHA, the origin and clinical traits of CAS continues, although many researchers and clinicians are in agreement that it's a motor speech disorder. The most important characteristics are the inconsistency of mistakes on consonants and vowels that are replicated in the production of words

Ruoppolo & Barillari, 2010) If a disorder affects communication, that means there would be difficulty in connecting to the people and things around us. It could begin from a simple sound substitution to the inability to understand or use one’s native language. Now, I would like to discuss why communication disorders is important, who we can rely on and what it’s like to work with those who have communication disorders. There’s no communication without our ears, mouth and vocal cords. When one of these

differential influences on occupational therapy (OT) intervention planning. The medical model identifies disability as an individual impairment that requires specific medical procedures prescribed by a professional in order to cure (Cole & Tufano, 2008). On the other hand, the social model defines disability as a result of an interaction between individuals with impairments and the environmental factors that limit their participation in society (Garcia-Iriarte,

Chapter 1 focuses on autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs) and other Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Described in 1943 by Dr. Leo Kanner, autism (also known as autistic disorder, childhood autism, or infantile disorder) is one of the PDDs along with Rett's disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD) referred to as Heller's syndrome, Asperger disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). Rett's is a rare genetic abnormality affecting brain development

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the one of the leading causes of cognitive impairments in children (Ryan, p. 86). In any given year, the United States will have about 475,000 cases of TBI in people under 14 years old (Lewis, p. 348). While, injuries such as these in adults can be severe, the effects of the injury on a child’s developing brain may be devastating. A lesion on a rapidly developing brain may be particularly detrimental, often resulting in delays or cessation of development (Braine

generally effects the middle cerebral artery. A stroke that effects the left hemisphere will affect the Broca’s area in the frontal lobe that is where expressive speech is located or the Wernicke’s area in the temporal lobe which effects the receptive language. There can be deficits with can include paralysis on the right side of the body. Also there may be some impaired cognitive reasoning and difficulty with organizing information obtain in order to problem solve

one that described any change in intellect or judgement in the elderly, to a collection of cognitive and behavioral symptoms correlated with specific neuropathology. The aging process is thought to have three possible cognitive outcomes: (1) normal age related decline, which is often described as normal and healthy aging; (2) age associated memory impairment, which is not as severe and does not have all of the features of dementia; (3) dementia, for which there are many types (Christensen & O’Brien

Do studies of neurological disorders support the claim that specific language functions are associated with distinct neural structures? Student ID: 12926466 Studying language in terms of its localization of function has proven to be a challenging task. Unlike other cognitive processes such as perception, attention and memory, language research faces the constraint of studying merely human beings. Even though other types of mammals and birds also develop some form of communication systems their

JM’s use of language suggests he has delayed language ability for his age. At 3 he should be consistently using 3-4 words in sentences (Owens, 2008) but was found to be using 1-2 words in a sentence consistently. There also appeared to be immaturity in JM’s language, as he was using language such as ‘no want’, an utterance more evident at 2 years old; whereas a 3 year old would start to use contractions such as ‘don’t want’ instead (Lahey,1988). Also, 3 year olds should be able to use correct pronouns

hindered by their impairments with recognizing and processing nonverbal communication.