Expanded Contents
Dedication.......................................................................... v
Brief Contents...................................................................... vii
Acknowledgments.................................................................. xvii
About the Author.................................................................. .xix
Preface........................................................................... .xxi
Foreword by Stephanie C. Christensen, PhD.......................................... xxiii
Introduction....................................................................... xxv
Chapter 1 Language Delay and Disorders.......................................... 1
Chapter Preview......................................................... 1
Overview of Language Delay and Disorders................................. 1
Defining Language................................................. 2
Etiology and Diagnosis of Language Delay and Disorders............... 3
Cognitive Prerequisites to Language Development...................... 3
Intellectual Disability and Language Acquisition....................... 3
Intelligence................................................... 3
Linguistic Development............................................. 4
Early Stages of Linguistic Development.......................... 4
Linguistic Disorders........................................... 4
Social-Communication Language Development: Pragmatics............. 5
Learning Disabilities................................................ 5
Literacy Training and Language Disorder Syndrome.................... 6
Hearing Loss, Attentional Interactions, and Attention Deficits........... 6
Autism............................................................ 7
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome............................................. 8
Delayed Language Development...................................... 8
Treating Language Disorders and the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act............................ 8
Case Studies in Language Delay and Disorders.............................. 9
Case Study 1-1: Language Delay Secondary to
Environmental Deprivation.......................................... 9
Case Study 1-2: Idioglossia.......................................... 11
Case Study 1-3: Autism in a Residential Treatment Facility............. 13
Case Study 1-4: Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, and an IEP Conference.......... 14
Case Study 1-5: Reporting Suspected Child Abuse in a
Language-Delayed Preschooler...................................... 16
Case Study 1-6: Severe Intellectual Disability in a 2-Year-Old Girl....... 17
Case Study 1-7: Language Therapy in a Teenager With
Down Syndrome.................................................. 19
Summary.............................................................. 20
Study and Discussion Questions.......................................... 20
Recommended Reading................................................. 20