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Psy 339
Disorders
12
Psychology
Undergraduate 3
12/09/2010

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Term
Cause of Communication Disorders
Definition

  • genetics
  • brains-language-left temporal
  • ear infections
  • stuttering

Term
Inclusion
Definition
education strategies-based on premise that all abilities of kids w/special needs will improve from associating peers, and will be spared the effects of labeling special placement
Term
Phonological Disorder
Definition
language problem-articulation/sound prediction
Term

Mixed Receptive Expressive Language Disorder

 

Definition
speaking problems couple w/inability to understand speech (may seem inattentive/noncompliant)
Term
Expressive Language Disorder
Definition

  • deficits in expression despite normal comprehension of speech
  • discripancy between what child understand (receptive language) and what are able to say (expressive language)
  • diagnostic criteria- interfere w/pre-academic achievement or ability to communicate in everyday social interaction

Term
Communication Disorders
Definition

  • diagnostic term- difficulty in producing speech sohnas (phonological) disorders, speech fluency  (Stuttering), using spoken language to communicate  (Expressing language disorder)
  • connected to later onset learning disorders

Term
Learning Disorders
Definition
diagnostic term- specific problem in-reading (dyslexia or difficulty in processing, language), math, writing disability
Term
Phonemes
Definition

  • basic sounds that make up language
  • hearing repeatedly- receptors in ear stimulate formation of dedicated connections to auditory cortex

Term
Phonology 
Definition

  • ability to learn/store phonems
  • awareness -recognition of the relationship between sounds/letters detection of rhyme/alliteration awareness that sounds can be manipulated w/in syllables

Term
Unexpected Discrepancy
Definition

  • kids w/learning disorders- have normal IQ
-show pattern of relative strengths/weaknesses - make some learning task more difficult

Term
Treatment for Communication Disorders
Definition

therapy

contingerly management procedures

-positive for fluency

-negative for stuttering 

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