CSD-2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Asperger Syndrome, Phonological Awareness, Heredity

• School: App State
• Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Course: CSD-2259
• Professor: Joe Klein

Document Summary

It occurs when a person shows significant and persistent difficulties with the comprehension and/or expression of spoken or written language. Affect ability to: form of language (phonology, morphology, syntax, content of language (semantics, the function of language in communication (pragmatics) Some experts argue that a language disorder can only exist when that person is at some risk for disvalue in one or more domain of life function. Language disorder vs language difference: establishing a language disorder involves examining a child"s language skills based on normative expectations and cultural expectations. Norm expectations are based on a child"s peer group: children who use regional, social, or cultural variations of language don"t exhibit a disorder, but language difference. Significant: a disorder is present if significant problems are present. Cut off scores are arbitrary" there is no universally accepted test score that differentiates significant from nonsignificant problems.