Review the following scenario and determine if this child ne…
Review the following scenario and determine if this child needs speech and/or language services. Explain why or why not. Sophie is a 3 year 6 month old female. Parents report that Sophie frequently gets frustrated when no one understands what she is trying to say. Parents report that Sophie uses gestures, single words, and will lead you to what she wants if she cannot get it herself. Sophie reportedly attends day care and is very interactive with other children, but she also seems to experience frustration with her classmates and teachers when trying to communicate. Articulation testing reveals a standard score that is one standard deviation below the mean of same age peers. Language testing reveals scores that fall in the normal range for receptive language and more than one standard deviation below the mean for expressive language. A speech sample reveals multiple sound errors in all instances when more than three words are spoken in connected speech.