Pros and Cons of Early Intervention for Delayed Language Development in Toddlers

Diary Recording and Speech Sampling

Functional words fulfilling communicative purposes, encoding child's interests, and considering phonological shape.

Yes, to model play behaviors and increase communication frequency.

<p>Clinician-directed approach uses imitation, Child-Centered approach expands child's utterances, and Hybrid approach uses vertical structuring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Minimize later effects on learning even when the basic oral language problems resolve</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hastens development that would eventually happen on its own rather than inducing it</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>2 communicative acts per minute, simple two-word sentences</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>5 communicative acts per minute, MLU of 1.5-2.4, 10 different consonants produced correctly, 2 syllable words, mean vocabulary size ~312 words</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Play assessment: nonlinguistic comparison to evaluate a child’s language performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Play assessment is based on the belief that there is a relationship between all symbolic interaction. We care because it shows the tools that the child is bringing to the task of learning to talk.</p> Signup and view all the answers