Speech 6-12, Part 9
Question 1: Explain ways that poverty may affect language development.
Answer 1: Although poverty does not directly cause learning disorders, it can be a contributing factor in many ways. Some low-income families have limited access to health care. Children who have poor health may have difficulty learning. Mothers without prenatal care may have low birth weight children that can go on to learning difficulties. Furthermore, some children born into poverty have a low level of academic and social stimuli at home, which hampers their ability to learn language. Many of these children have delayed speech, poor development of vocabulary, and reading difficulties.
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Question 2: Explain ways that parental drug and alcohol abuse may affect language development in their children.
Answer 2: Many children from households where parents abuse alcohol or drugs may suffer from neglect or emotional or physical abuse. These children are most likely to develop expressive language delays.Fetal alcohol syndrome refers to physical and cognitive disorders that occur in children whose mothers used excessive amounts of alcohol during pregnancy. Children with this disorder may have low birth weight, facial abnormalities, and small head circumference. They may have profound cognitive, neurological, and motor developmental delay. They also may have organ development abnormalities.Speech and language problems seen in drug and alcohol exposure are gross and fine motor delay; poor eye contact; emotional liability or depression; poor social interactions; lack of attention; poor memory and poor articulation, vocabulary, and communication in general.
Question 3: Explain speech and language deficits that are seen in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Answer 3: Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have problems with inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity, or all three. It is typically diagnosed during the preschool or early elementary school period, given that typical children may not have mastered attention skills before this period.Language problems that may be associated with ADHD are• Difficulty processing auditory stimulation• Difficulty following instructions• Reading and writing difficulties• Poor expressive language• Difficulty in engaging in normal conversational discourse• Poor social interactionszza4zz
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