You are evaluating a child who has the diagnosis of Down Syn…

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?

I observed a student working with a 15-month-old today using…

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:

In the dual stream model, the dorsal stream consists of the…

In the dual stream model, the dorsal stream consists of the arcuate fasciculus and the superior longitudinal fasciculus which carries information about phonological processing from the posterior temporal and inferior frontal cortices to convert voices to phonemes, repeat words, and articulate words. What kind of information is carried through the ventral stream relative to language?