Assignment Rationale
The purpose of this assignment is for the student to demonstrate an understanding of assessment of language of a school-aged child.
This assignment is intended to show evidence that you have achieved or are working on the following learning objective(s):
Understand the difference between primary and secondary language impairments.
Explain how the domains of language affect children with primary language impairments.
Describe the hallmark characteristics of late talkers, late bloomers, children with specific language impairment and children with language learning disability.
Explore common methods used for assessing the language abilities of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children with primary and secondary language impairments.
Directions
For this assignment, you will develop an assessment plan for the following case:
Scott was identified as a late talker at the age of 2:6. He is now in first grade and his language skills need to be reevaluated to devise more appropriate school-related intervention goals.
Explain why you selected the assessment tools and methods.
Submit assignment in a Word Document with a cover page and reference page.