Deck 10: Children With Acquired Language Disorders

Question 1

What is meant by compensatory intervention? Give an example.

Answer 1

In the late stages of recovery the role served by the professional is to assist children and adolescents in compensating for skills that are lost or to help in adapting to the environment. Some examples include: (a) socialization and emotional support, (b) give instructions both verbally and in writing; repeat or paraphrase them as necessary, (c) encourage student to self-monitor comprehension and to request repetition or rephrasing of instructions, (d) provide assistive devices, and (e) modify materials; for instance, use enlarged print in reading materials and supplement texts with pictures and other resources.

Question 2

In what areas of language development are adolescents with TBI most likely to be impaired?

Answer 2

Higher level language abilities are among the most debilitating communication problems these children experience because of the potential compromise to their academic and social success.

Question 3

Describe academic difficulties in children with TBI.

Answer 3

In the late stages of recovery the role served by the professional is to assist children and adolescents in compensating for skills that are lost or to help in adapting to the environment. Some examples include: (a) socialization and emotional support, (b) give instructions both verbally and in writing; repeat or paraphrase them as necessary, (c) encourage student to self-monitor comprehension and to request repetition or rephrasing of instructions, (d) provide assistive devices, and (e) modify materials; for instance, use enlarged print in reading materials and supplement texts with pictures and other resources.

Question 4

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Answer 4

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Question 5

Describe comprehension skills in children with acquired brain injury.

Question 6

"A language disorder secondary to an accident or a disease that alters neurological functioning" best defines which disorder?

A) specific language impairment
B) acquired aphasia
C) developmental disorder
D) congenital aphasia

Question 7

How is word retrieval changed in children with acquired aphasia?

Question 8

What are the challenges faced by public school systems in providing services to a child recovering from a head injury?

Question 9

At what stage of recovery is the use of a schedule and/or log book, scheduled intervention sessions, and focus on memory skills most appropriate?

A) early
B) middle
C) late
D) acute

Question 10

A brain injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident is most likely to cause what type of lesion?

A) diffuse
B) focal
C) open head
D) penetrating

Question 11

What is the most likely cause of a focal brain injury?

A) MVA
B) fall
C) abuse
D) stroke

Question 12

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Question 13

Share innovative programs that address the needs of youth with head injuries and their families within the
local community.

Question 14

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Question 15

Share with the class various educational programs such as "Heads Up" aimed at prevention of head injury in youth.

Question 16

Which mechanism of brain injury is most cited for adolescents?

A) physical abuse
B) sport injuries
C) low speed motor vehicle accidents
D) high speed motor vehicle accidents

Question 17

Which factor most likely accounts for the recovery seen in brain injured children?

A) greater neuronal plasticity
B) lesser severity of deficits
C) educational support
D) age

Question 18

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Question 19

Poor insight, failure to self-monitor, and impairment of higher level discourse skills are indicative of a disorder of which domain?

A) intelligence
B) metacognitive and metalinguistic skills
C) reading performance
D) ADHD

Question 20

What are the major differences between children and adults in recovery from TBI?

Question 21

Recent research shows that although children recover from aphasia more than adults, they frequently have persisting language impairment.

Question 22

The Glasgow Coma Scale is less appropriate for very young children who have yet to develop appropriate verbal and motor skills.

Question 23

Comprehension impairments in children with TBI relate directly to the severity of the injury.

Question 24

Head injury, vascular lesion, and Landau-Kleffner syndrome are the main causes of childhood aphasia.

Question 25

Writing skills are generally unaffected by cognitive impairments arising from traumatic head injury.

Question 26

Girls and boys have approximately equal incidence of head trauma.

Question 27

Closed head injury occurs when a person has a head injury that breaks bone.

Question 28

Inferencing and understanding non-literal meaning are often impaired in children recovering from head injury.

Question 29

The GCS is predictive of both which children will die from head injury and the level of difficulty experienced by surviving children in academic settings.

Question 30

Semantic skills are often impaired in children with acquired aphasia; particularly trouble retrieving specific words on cue.