Typical Language Development: Infancy Through Adolescence
Presented by Jennifer Schultz
Non-Financial: Jennifer Schultz has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Meet your instructor
Jennifer Schultz
Jennifer Schultz is an instructor for the speech-language pathology assistant program at Mitchell Technical Institute in Mitchell, South Dakota. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Disorders and Psychology from the University of South Dakota and a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Theories of Language Acquisition
This chapter provides an overview of language acquisition theories, including behaviorist, nativist, cognitive, social interactionist, and emergentist theories of language acquisition. Contributions of the theories to our understanding of language development and language assessment and treatment will be discussed.
2. Components of Language
This chapter will present and compare the traditional “Form, Content, and Use” model of the components of language and a newer approach to language, “Communication Subdomains.” The two models will be used to analyze communication behaviors in children.
3. Infant: Toddler Language Development
This chapter will review the major developmental milestones in communication that are observed in normal development from birth to age three. Nonverbal and verbal pragmatic, semantic, and morphosyntactic skills will be discussed.
4. Preschool Language Development
This chapter will review the major developmental milestones in communication that are observed in children ages three to five years. Pragmatic, semantic, and morphosyntactic skills will be described.
5. Elementary School Age Language Development
This chapter will review the major developmental milestones in communication that are observed in normal development during the elementary school years. Pragmatic, syntactic, semantic, and narrative skills will be discussed.
6. Adolescent Language Development
This chapter will review the major developmental milestones in communication that are observed in normal development during adolescence. Pragmatic, narrative/expository, syntactic, and semantic skills will be discussed.
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