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When considering implication universals, if a child produces /ʧ, ʤ/ it is implied that the child has the following sound types in his repertoire. 

A mother comes to you with a child that is 3 years old, You evaluate the child for speech, language is not a concern.  The child is 75% intelligible and produces /m,b,j,n,w,d,p,h,d,t,k,g,f/.  However, this child does not produce /ʧ, ʤ, s,z, l, and r/ consistently.  Mom is concerned.  How do you counsel mom?

You are evaluating a child who has the diagnosis of Down Syndrome. Her cognitive developmental age is around 18 months. You are hoping that her language skills have reached a similar level of development. Which set of skills would you hope to see this child demonstrate?

Which of the following statements is/are true about the More than Words (MTW) intervention?

During assessment a child produced /k^pt/ for /k^p/. This is an example of:

Children begin to use grammatical morphemes in the following order:

What is the term used to indicate that a speaker inserts characteristics of their native language (L1) into their use of the language that they are learning (L2)?

I observed a student working with a 15-month-old today using RE/PMT.  He did a great job.  He imitated the child’s actions and vocalizations.  As the child stacked the blocks, he snuck in a block between the child’s stacking. He then made a surprised face with big eyes, the child laughed.  He did this again. Then the child stacked another block and he immediately made his big eye surprised face. The clinician is:

Which cranial nerve serves somatosensory for the face, dura, teeth, anterior tongue, mucous membranes of the mouth and nose, and serves motor innervation of muscles of mastication and one velar muscle? 

Which section of a journal article would you go to to determine the research design, types of statistical analyses used, and their manner of application?