Learning disabilities are a group of learning disorders characterized by inadequate development of specific academic, language and speech skills. Learning disorders are ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), dyslexia, dyscalculia, and communication disorders. ADHD is a behavior disorder characterized by excessive inattention, impulsiveness and hyperactivity. Inattention behaviors are they are easily distracted from tasks and activities, don’t pay attention to instructions and details, don’t complete classwork or homework, don’t organize tasks or activities, and they lose homework assignments, pencils and books. Impulsiveness behaviors are they act first, think second, go from one thing to another without completing assignments or…
Introduction to Children with Language Disorders, a language disorder is a “deviation in the usual rate and/or sequence with which specific language skills emerge” (Reed, 2011, p. 81). X is a nine-year-old boy who was diagnosed with an expressive- receptive language disorder. The patient attends speech therapy routinely at John Keys Speech and Hearing Clinic, and is currently making progress towards his set goals. Throughout X’s nine years of life, he has faced many obstacles. While in…
together. I administered two different tests to Sarah Lee in order to understand why she has been feeling speechless and tongue-tied. The tests were the MAVA and the Told I;4. The MAVA, or Montgomery Assessment of Vocabulary Acquisition, is broken into two parts: an expressive vocabulary part, and a receptive vocabulary part. The entire test takes approximately 30 minutes to take, 15 minutes per section. The receptive part of the test is given to the child orally and via pictures and the child…
100 that the true score is between 31 and 45. Danny score is ranked at 0.1 percentile which means that Danny scored as well or better than 0.1 of the examinees his age. The second test Danny was given was the Oral and Written Language Scales (OWLS). The OWLS is an assessment of receptive and expressive (oral and written) language for children and adults 3 to 21 years old. The OWLS consist of three scales listening comprehension, oral expression, and written expression. It assesses not only…
the clinician will use to target Amanda’s specific language weakness are narratives and discourse. The client’s teacher main concerns were the areas of expressive language skills as well as limited vocabulary. The clinician will target narratives and discourse to increase the client’s expressive language skills. Research by McCabe and Bliss, supports that children should have the ability to provide with a minimum of two events in a narrative. The clinician can guide the client to create a…
Primary diagnosis: Speech and language delays. Secondary diagnosis: Intellectual disability. The claimant was a 7 year and 11 month old boy. Alleged disability: learning disability, could not speak understandable words, could not tie his shoes, could not wipe himself after using the toilet, and hyperactivity. His mother reported that he was unable to cut geometric shapes with scissors, unlock a key lock, could not follow simple directions, and did not say his last name when asked for his…
Some of the things I have learned from my girl scout has helped me when he has a meltdown. At home, I have four children. The oldest developed anxiety due to ptsd from date rape. She also has trichotillomania. My oldest boy has reactive attachment disorder, as well as schizoaffective disorder. Combine all of this with attention deficit disorder and oppositional defiance and it makes for an interesting life. My youngest has dislexia and attention deficit hyperactiviy disorder. My youngest…
Researchers and clinicians use a number of measures to analyze preschoolers’ language development. Researchers primarily use two methods in order to gain this information. The first kind is a language sample analysis. While similar to the measurements used on toddlers, there are more options available to study the development of preschoolers. To study semantics, researchers look at the “total number of words” (TNW), number of different words (NDW), and the type token ratio (TTR)”. In order to…
This summer I worked at Canton Local School Districts summer camp. During this summer camp I worked with Cason and Laken who are eight-year-old identical twin brothers. Cason and Laken both have down-syndrome. I have met Cason and Laken before as I observed in their classroom a few years ago but did not realize until working directly with them this summer how limited their expressive language was. During my field experience I really got to know Cason and Laken and realized how sweet,…
being complex sentences, it indicated that his level of sentence complexity was about 4 years below chronological age expectations, which also reduced his ability to express complex thoughts and ideas (Vasilyeva, Waterfall, & Huttenlocher, 2008). Hence, his story was significantly shorter than expected for his age. His retell also had 6 disruptions due to several instances of word finding difficulties, which could imply a possibility of an expressive language…