The development of phrasal speech in primary schoolchildren with multiple developmental disabilities

Introduction. Today, the education system covers all categories of children with disabilities. This category also includes children with severe and multiple developmental disabilities. Until recently, only a small part of these children studied. Most of them did not study due to the severity of a developmental disability. Consequently, in order to exercise their constitutional right to education, specialists of a special (defectological) profile should be actively involved in the development of training programs and psychological-pedagogical support for such children. The purpose of the study is to test a program for phrasal speech development in primary schoolchildren with multiple developmental disabilities. Materials and methods. The study was conducted at schools for students with disabilities in the cities of Kirovo-Chepetsk and Kirov (Kirov region, Russian Federation). The empirical part of the work was carried out on a sample of thirty-four (34) primary schoolchildren with multiple developmental disabilities. The adapted methodology of L.V. Kovrigina "The study of phrasal speech" was used, which makes it possible to assess the development of impressive and expressive phrasal speech. Results. A correctional-developmental program for phrasal speech development in primary schoolchildren with multiple developmental disabilities was developed and tested. This program is aimed at developing the understanding of addressed speech, expanding vocabulary, activating one's own speech utterance through learning to form and expand a phrase. The positive dynamics of phrasal speech development in primary schoolchildren after the formative experiment was revealed. There were significant changes in the development of impressive (χ2=47.852 at p≤0.05) and expressive (χ2=33.78 at p≤0.05) phrasal speech. Discussion and conclusion. The research materials can be used by specialists in organizing and performing correctional-developmental work with this category of children in the context of special education.

Opóźnienia w funkcjonowaniu językowym jako wczesny symptom zaburzeń w rozwoju dziecka1

Human linguistic development is constitutionally conditioned and is achieved through contact with adult language users. All children follow the same rules and stages in the development of speech. The knowledge of their course and consequences enables early recognition of deviations from the norm, which may be delayed speech development or a symptom of other, often serious developmental disorders. The analysis of the research results shows that the most common reason for parents’ seeking diagnosis and therapeutic support is an incorrect linguistic functioning of the child. Diagnostic procedures often end with the diagnosis of other developmental disorders in which linguistic retardation was an early symptom. Therefore, it is legitimate to increase social knowledge and sensitivity of parents and specialists in monitoring the linguistic development of children under 3 years of age.

Identification of differences in the emotional sphere of modern preschoolers from full vs incomplete families

The article describes the importance of the development of the emotional sphere of modern preschool children from full versus incomplete families. Various points of view on this problem are considered. In order to identify the differences in the emotional sphere of modern preschool children from full and incomplete families, diagnostic methods necessary and significant for solving the tasks of our study were selected; the volume of the general aggregate sample determined, and independent samples of children as well as parents from either full or incomplete families were determined. The following diagnostic methods were chosen: the method of diagnosing the emotional sphere of the child (Lyudmila Strelkova), the projective game "Post office" (a modification of the test of Elwyn James Anthony and Eva Bene), methods of studying the emotional state (E.T. Dorofeyeva). So that we could determine the differences in the emotional sphere of preschool children from full and incomplete families, the method of mathematical statistics was used – the parametric Student's t-test calculated using IBM® SPSS® Statistics software platform. The presented results indicate lack of differences in the emotional sphere of modern preschool children from full and incomplete families, which is explained by the peculiarities of development of each of the children independently on the family composition. It is revealed that facial expressions and pantomimic are an expressive emotional component of psychophysiological nature. The verbalisation of the emotional state’s development features at various stages of preschool age is due to the pedagogic conditions of learning in the process of speech development; the graphic representation of emotions in older preschool children depends on the emotional experience, emotional activity of the particular child; unconsciousness of behaviour and natural sensitivity of children at the stage of older preschool age does take place.

Speech development in children of preschool age with arthrogryposis multiplex congenital with upper limb deformities

BACKGROUND: The difficulties or gross disturbance in motor development, which are diagnosed in children at an early age, are one of the prognostic markers of further problems in their speech development. AIM: This study aimed to determine the speech development of children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita with upper limb deformities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Speech examination was conducted in 21 children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita preschool age (average age: 5.16 1.49 years) from 2020 to 2021. Patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 (10 people) with children of younger and middle preschool age (average age 3.81 0.63 years) and group 2 (11 people) with children of older and preparatory preschool age (average age 6.39 0.78 years). The speech examination results were exposed to statistical analysis. RESULTS: The majority of children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita had speech pathology (90.5%), whereas general speech underdevelopment dominated over speech development delay (78.9% and 21.1%, respectively). A high frequency of perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (80.9%), a complicated perinatal anamnesis (57.1%), and a delay in early motor or speech development (100% and 52.4%, respectively) links with speech disorder development in the future. Patients with arthrogryposis have a large percentage of congenital pathology of the articulatory apparatus structure (57.1%). Of the children, 76.2% were with a total form of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, whereas 23.8% with an isolated upper extremity lesion. No statistically significant differences were determined in the form of speech pathology between patients with various forms of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. Children of the first age group had speech disorders in 90% of cases, whereas 90.9% in group 2. Based on the form of speech pathology, patients with general speech underdevelopment and speech development delay were determined in group 1 (55.6% and 44.4%, respectively), whereas children with general speech underdevelopment in group 2 (100%). In the clinical form of speech pathology, dysarthria prevailed in children of both age groups (80%). CONCLUSIONS: Children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita with upper limb deformities have a high incidence of speech disorders. Early speech examination and speech therapy eliminated all detected disturbances.

Integrating literature lessons with the subject of mother tongue teaching

In order to differentiate literary-speech competencies in literature lessons, the article develops the features of oral speech characterized by orthographic norms, other than biblical (written) speech, based on the norms of pronunciation and spelling of language phenomena studied in the native language. Thus, in literature classes, the relevant knowledge, skills, and competencies for the formation of types of speech activities at the level of competencies can be acquired on the basis of knowledge of the different aspects of these competencies. Competences related to the types of speaking activities require to pay attention to the method of speech as the most important of the specific features of oral and written speech, to this end, to integrate the subject of literature with the mother tongue from the educational content. “Interdisciplinary connections of the Russian language and literature are carried out at all lessons of speech development in the following directions: 1) the formation and consolidation of knowledge and skills of students in functional stylistics, necessary for the correct organization of speech activity in various genres of oral and written statements; 2) teaching common for these subjects types of oral and written speech activities.

Diagnosis of the Formation of Grammatical Aspects of Speech in Preschool Age

The article theoretically substantiates and experimentally verifies the validity of the developed diagnostics by the method of contrast groups. The relevance of such a study is determined by the lack of development of the problem of diagnosing grammatical aspects of speech in preschool age for Slavic (inflected by nature) languages. It is proved that for a preschool child in the first stages there is no speech activity separately from the subject, so the object of its orientation is not speech activity, but a single semantic whole, an event that is presented in a sentence (sometimes a phrase, discourse). In the following stages, the child's attitude to speech reality changes. This reality is already special, different from the subject. For all stages of speech and speech development of the child is typical limited and unstable nature of orientation to certain aspects of linguistic reality, when the pre-schooler focuses on either the semantic or formal side of speech. At the end of the senior preschool age, gender differences in children's use of adjectives are the most significant. The reason for the active use in speech of adjectives by girls we see both in the psychological characteristics and gender guidelines of adults around them (active use of nouns and adjectives with hypocritical-diminutive suffixes).

LOGOPEDIA SENSORYCZNA JAKO WSPARCIE ROZWOJU MOWY DZIECKA. STUDIUM INDYWIDUALNEGO PRZYPADKU

The aim of this study is to present the connections between speech disorders and sensory integration processing and disorders in children’s functioning and suggestions of therapeutic activities. Sensory processing dysfunctions may affect the development of cognitive functions and speech. In this study I would like to emphasize the effectiveness of elements of the sensory integration therapy. Multisensory methods influence the sense of balance. They also shape the child's motor skills, coordination, the ability to plan, and communicate at the same time, stimulating communication and general speech development.

The Bouba-Kiki Effect in Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Purpose: The bouba-kiki (BK) effect refers to associations between visual shapes and auditory pseudonames. Thus, when tested, people tend to associate the pseudowords bouba and kiki with round or spiky shapes, respectively. This association requires cross-modal sensory integration. The ability to integrate information from different sensory modalities is crucial for speech development. A clinical population that may be impaired in cross-modal sensory integration is children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). The purpose of this study was to examine the involvement of cross-modal sensory integration in children with (CAS). Method: The BK effect was assessed in participants with CAS ( n = 18) and two control groups: One control group was composed of children with developmental language disorder (DLD), also termed specific language impairment ( n = 15), and a second group included typically developing (TD) children ( n = 22). The children were presented with 14 pairs of novel visual displays and nonwords. All the children were asked to state which shape and nonword correspond to one another. In addition, background cognitive (Leiter-3) and language measures (Hebrew PLS-4) were determined for all children. Results: Children in the CAS group were less successful in associating between visual shapes and corresponding auditory pseudonames (e.g., associating the spoken word “bouba” with a round shape; the spoken word “kiki” with a spiky shape). Thus, children with CAS demonstrated a statistically significant reduced BK effect compared with participants with TD and participants with DLD. No significant difference was found between the TD group and the DLD group. Conclusions: The reduced BK effect in children with CAS supports the notion that cross-modal sensory integration may be altered in these children. Cross-modal sensory integration is the basis for speech production. Thus, difficulties in sensory integration may contribute to speech difficulties in CAS.

Setting the Stage for Speech Production: Infants Prefer Listening to Speech Sounds With Infant Vocal Resonances

Purpose: Current models of speech development argue for an early link between speech production and perception in infants. Recent data show that young infants (at 4–6 months) preferentially attend to speech sounds (vowels) with infant vocal properties compared to those with adult vocal properties, suggesting the presence of special “memory banks” for one's own nascent speech-like productions. This study investigated whether the vocal resonances (formants) of the infant vocal tract are sufficient to elicit this preference and whether this perceptual bias changes with age and emerging vocal production skills. Method: We selectively manipulated the fundamental frequency ( f 0 ) of vowels synthesized with formants specifying either an infant or adult vocal tract, and then tested the effects of those manipulations on the listening preferences of infants who were slightly older than those previously tested (at 6–8 months). Results: Unlike findings with younger infants (at 4–6 months), slightly older infants in Experiment 1 displayed a robust preference for vowels with infant formants over adult formants when f 0 was matched. The strength of this preference was also positively correlated with age among infants between 4 and 8 months. In Experiment 2, this preference favoring infant over adult formants was maintained when f 0 values were modulated. Conclusions: Infants between 6 and 8 months of age displayed a robust and distinct preference for speech with resonances specifying a vocal tract that is similar in size and length to their own. This finding, together with data indicating that this preference is not present in younger infants and appears to increase with age, suggests that nascent knowledge of the motor schema of the vocal tract may play a role in shaping this perceptual bias, lending support to current models of speech development. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.17131805