Deck 12: Language and Students With Neuromotor Impairments and Brain Injury

Question 1

Which of the following statements best describes the language skills of children with traumatic brain injury?

A) language functions rarely recover in this population. b there is little variability in language skills in this population.
C) there is often marked improvement in language skills although problems may persist.
D) problems are usually limited to speech production.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes the language abilities of children with cerebral palsy:

A) speech intelligibility is a problem for a majority of these children.
B) they have significant delays in the development of syntactic skills.
C) receptive language usually lags behind language production.
D) speech intelligibility is a relative strength.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

_____________________is caused by a rapid acceleration and deceleration of the head, during which the brain bounces around inside the skull.

Answer 3

(closed-head injury)

Question 4

Researchers have found that children with complex, partial seizure epilepsy have more difficulty with social communication.

Question 5

In addition to speech therapy, what other types of classroom instructional activities should be used to enhance the language and literacy of children with neuromotor disorders?

Question 6

In addition to motor and language impairments, what characteristics should teachers anticipate in students with traumatic brain injury that may affect their classroom performance?

Question 7

Which of the following descriptions applied to athetoid cerebral palsy:

A) significant limitations in range of motion. Movement may be slow and jerky.
B) simultaneous contraction of all muscle groups.
C) difficulty balancing and a swaying walk.
D) involuntary movements, including lack of head control, flailing of arms and legs, and writhing.

Question 8

Muscular dystrophy is a progressive disorder that produces weakness in muscles.

Question 9

The "cocktail" chatter phenomenon, reported in some children with spins bifida, is characterized by:

A) slurring of speech similar to that which occurs with excessive alcohol consumption.
B) "chatty" conversations that remain at a superficial level.
C) excessively loud talking.
D) inappropriate initiation of interactions with others.

Question 10

Children who lose language functioning as a result of brain injury are said to have _____________ _________________ .

Question 11

Hypertonic cerebral palsy is characterized by an _________________ in muscle tone and muscle ___________________.

Question 12

Cerebral Palsy causes progressive brain damage in which the disability worsens over time.

Question 13

Children with brain injury usually spontaneously recover full functioning.