A lex G a ld i

M r. S ch u rtz
E n g lish 1 2 A P
Pe rio d 3
4 M a rch 2 0 1 0

S p e e ch
T h e ra p y

( the ki
S
P
E
E
C
H
(Speak)
 (Kros)

Time to develop
Spoken language acquired by around ages 4 or
Speech examinations should begin around age 7
Other
affected
areas:

•Spelling

•Reading
•
•
•Written
composition

•
•Oral
expression

(Day 14)
ational Child Development Study

onsisting of children from:

England
Scotland
Wales

ith birthdays
rom March 3-9,
958.

(Quac School)
 Crucial
Components of
Experiment
•
•
•16,750 children
•
•Sociological
skills
•
•Perinatal
information for
extra support

(A For (Al-Rahman)
Results

•13 % difficult
to understand
•
•
•Only 1 out of
every 40 children
had been
evaluated by a
therapist
•
•
•33% (1/3)
considered to be
non-readers
(Qatar)
 Results
Continued

•39%
overdependence
on their mother
•
•
•Male dominance
•
•
•Commonly
youngest in
families
•
•
•Many born
premature

(BrazosBendState)
Specific Language
Impairment (SLI)

•Affects 7% of
children

•Troubled Areas
•
•Comprehension
•
•Repeating
•
•Answering

(Autumn Walk) (House)

 (Big Horn Sheep…

Genetics vs. Environment

 Symptoms:
Trouble With…

•Finishing words
•Difference between future,
present, past tense
•Disregard for new vocabulary
•Developmentally behind peers
Where to
begin?

(Larsen)
 P
R
E E
S X
C P
H E
O R
O I
L M
E
N
T

(Jamil)
 Testing Begins

•Community clinics in
Bristol
•159 admitted preschool
children
•Separated in 2 groups
•Therapy
•Routine
•Repetiti
ve
•Observation
•Free
environm
ent

(Robinson) (House)
 (Prepare thyself
summer)
Results

•95% improvement of auditory

comprehension
•No difference in expressive
language or inflection
•70% still possessed deficits
(Svona)
 (Inspector
Gloi)
A Different
Perspective
(Inspector (Baldursbra
Communication

and

Social Functioning
(Don’t leave me…
 With
determinati
on

will come

progress

(independence ) )
(independence
 Class Activities
• Solving tongue twister riddles
– With those fake teeth/lips
• Figuring out sentences with words
spelled how an impaired person
would say them
• Eating a very sour candy while
speaking
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