Screening and Assessment of Young Children.

Autor/in	Friedlander, Bernard Z.
Institution	Hartford Univ., West Hartford, CT. Dept. of Psychology.; Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Titel	Screening and Assessment of Young Children.
Quelle	(1972), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Auditory Evaluation; Auditory Perception; Deafness; Delayed Speech; Evaluation Methods; Handicapped Children; Language Acquisition; Language Handicaps; Learning Disabilities; Perceptual Development; Reading Development; Reading Difficulty; Speech Handicaps; Speeches; Visual Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Sprachverzögerung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Wahrnehmungsentwicklung; Reading difficulties; Leseschwierigkeit; Language handicps; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Most language development hazards in infancy and early childhood fall into the categories of auditory impairment, central integrative dysfunction, inadequate environmental support, and peripheral expressive impairment. Existing knowledge and techniques are inadequate to meet the screening and assessment problems of central integrative dysfunction, inadequate environmental support, and severe auditory impairment. Current theory strongly suggests that a continuum of language and related information-processing central dysfunctions underly a broad spectrum of psychological developmental disabilities. Within this continuum are many categories associated with disorders of language development in which it is difficult to distinguish causes and effects. Language dysfunction in its more subtle forms is probably more widespread among children than is commonly recognized. Audiometry and optometry are helpful in evaluating only the first-stage sensory impediments to effective central information-processing operations. Present assessment instruments, including observational inventories, visual perception tests, and language performance tests, are generally too primitive to detect the subtleties of underlying dysfunctions in language development. New assessment methods are very expensive, but major support should be given to accelerating their development. (KM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01