Profile Terms Defined
Language
Language processing occurs at multiple levels:
- language sounds (phonology)
- word meanings (semantics)
- sentence word order (syntax)
- paragraph and passage organization (discourse)
Receptive language - the auditory comprehension of language
Expressive language - communication or production of language, both oral and written
Word Retrieval is the ability to find the right vocabulary quickly when speaking, formulating sentences and organizing narrative. Children with language disorders often experience difficulty rapidly retrieving on demand language, not only in English but also in content area subjects, such as basic automatic facts in math, specific science vocabulary and dates.
Central Auditory Processing Disorder is a disorder in which the child’s ear and brain are not able to integrate language. Assuming the child’s hearing is proficient, the processing of auditory information breaks down somewhere beyond the ear. Problem areas include: auditory figure-ground problems (i.e., filtering out environmental noise), auditory attention problems and auditory cohesion problems (i.e., being able to combine volume, language intonation and facial expression).
Visual
Visual Perceptual Processing is the set of skills an individual uses to retrieve visual information from the environment and to integrate this information with other senses. Visual processing is critical for young children as they begin to recognize letter symbols. The ability to differentiate between similar appearing letters and numbers is dependent upon accurate processing in the visual mode. Other common roles of visual processing are: visualizing spelling words, picturing geometric shapes, doing art and craft activities, and reading maps and diagrams.
Visual-motor Integration is the copying of visual images, i.e., copying a geometric shape.
Memory
Short term memory is that part of memory which stores a limited amount of information for a limited amount of time. It can be described as the capacity (or capacities) for holding in mind, in an active, highly available state, a small amount of information.
Long term memory is memory that lasts from days to years.
Active working memory is the collection of structures and processes within the brain used for temporarily storing and manipulating information. Working memory consists of both memory for items which are currently being processed, and components governing attention and directing the processing itself.
Nonverbal abstract reasoning
Nonverbal abstract reasoning is the forming of concepts without using language, such as place value, equations, planetary movements or geometric shapes.
Sequencing
Sequencing is processing the order of the parts of incoming information. This may be visual or auditory.
Word Retrieval is the ability to find the right vocabulary quickly when speaking, formulating sentences and organizing narrative. Children with language disorders often experience difficulty rapidly retrieving on demand language, not only in English but also in content area subjects, such as basic automatic facts in math, specific science vocabulary and dates.
Central Auditory Processing Disorder is a disorder in which the child’s ear and brain are not able to integrate language. Assuming the child’s hearing is proficient, the processing of auditory information breaks down somewhere beyond the ear. Problem areas include: auditory figure-ground problems (i.e., filtering out environmental noise), auditory attention problems and auditory cohesion problems (i.e., being able to combine volume, language intonation and facial expression).
Visual
Visual Perceptual Processing is the set of skills an individual uses to retrieve visual information from the environment and to integrate this information with other senses. Visual processing is critical for young children as they begin to recognize letter symbols. The ability to differentiate between similar appearing letters and numbers is dependent upon accurate processing in the visual mode. Other common roles of visual processing are: visualizing spelling words, picturing geometric shapes, doing art and craft activities, and reading maps and diagrams.
Visual-motor Integration is the copying of visual images, i.e., copying a geometric shape.
Memory
Short term memory is that part of memory which stores a limited amount of information for a limited amount of time. It can be described as the capacity (or capacities) for holding in mind, in an active, highly available state, a small amount of information.
Long term memory is memory that lasts from days to years.
Active working memory is the collection of structures and processes within the brain used for temporarily storing and manipulating information. Working memory consists of both memory for items which are currently being processed, and components governing attention and directing the processing itself.
Nonverbal abstract reasoning
Nonverbal abstract reasoning is the forming of concepts without using language, such as place value, equations, planetary movements or geometric shapes.
Sequencing
Sequencing is processing the order of the parts of incoming information. This may be visual or auditory.
Visual
Visual Perceptual Processing is the set of skills an individual uses to retrieve visual information from the environment and to integrate this information with other senses. Visual processing is critical for young children as they begin to recognize letter symbols. The ability to differentiate between similar appearing letters and numbers is dependent upon accurate processing in the visual mode. Other common roles of visual processing are: visualizing spelling words, picturing geometric shapes, doing art and craft activities, and reading maps and diagrams.
Visual-motor Integration is the copying of visual images, i.e., copying a geometric shape.
Memory
Short term memory is that part of memory which stores a limited amount of information for a limited amount of time. It can be described as the capacity (or capacities) for holding in mind, in an active, highly available state, a small amount of information.
Long term memory is memory that lasts from days to years.
Active working memory is the collection of structures and processes within the brain used for temporarily storing and manipulating information. Working memory consists of both memory for items which are currently being processed, and components governing attention and directing the processing itself.
Nonverbal abstract reasoning
Nonverbal abstract reasoning is the forming of concepts without using language, such as place value, equations, planetary movements or geometric shapes.
Sequencing
Sequencing is processing the order of the parts of incoming information. This may be visual or auditory.
Memory
Short term memory is that part of memory which stores a limited amount of information for a limited amount of time. It can be described as the capacity (or capacities) for holding in mind, in an active, highly available state, a small amount of information.
Long term memory is memory that lasts from days to years.
Active working memory is the collection of structures and processes within the brain used for temporarily storing and manipulating information. Working memory consists of both memory for items which are currently being processed, and components governing attention and directing the processing itself.
Nonverbal abstract reasoning
Nonverbal abstract reasoning is the forming of concepts without using language, such as place value, equations, planetary movements or geometric shapes.
Sequencing
Sequencing is processing the order of the parts of incoming information. This may be visual or auditory.
Active working memory is the collection of structures and processes within the brain used for temporarily storing and manipulating information. Working memory consists of both memory for items which are currently being processed, and components governing attention and directing the processing itself.
Nonverbal abstract reasoning
Nonverbal abstract reasoning is the forming of concepts without using language, such as place value, equations, planetary movements or geometric shapes.
Sequencing
Sequencing is processing the order of the parts of incoming information. This may be visual or auditory.
Sequencing
Sequencing is processing the order of the parts of incoming information. This may be visual or auditory.
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