Child A: Errors

Background/Case History Child A is a typically developing three and half year old male who attends the Ann Campbell Early (ACE) Learning Center on the Middle Tennessee State University Campus. The mother reported that no complications occurred throughout her pregnancy, which lasted nine months. She did not experience any sickness during her pregnancy. She reported that no immediate family members have been diagnosed with a learning disability, dyslexia, stuttering, autism, or ADD/ADHD. The mother reported that English is the primary language spoken in their home. Child A is able to tell a simple story about a recent event that occurred, or if someone is coming to visit. Child A produced his first words slightly later than typically developing children; Child A achieved all other milestones at
He substituted “wellow” for yellow and “free” for three. The articulation errors made are not unusual for a child his age to make. However, if these errors persist, intervention may be necessary to correct these errors. Child A stuttered one time, but his speech was fluent overall. I believe Child A may have been nervous during the beginning of the play session, and his stuttering may be attributed to this. Child A was very attentive during the play session, and did not show any difficulty staying on topic. Occasionally, Child A would respond inappropriately to a question asked, but would continue the topic. Child A understood most of the things being said, and struggled on the difficult sounds. Overall, his responses were appropriately intelligible for his age; he was able to communicate efficiently, but he did make grammatical errors. He was able to correctly mark plurals, and use prepositions. Child A used the incorrect tense of verbs frequently; correctly marking tense is a later developing grammatical morpheme. The child is developing normally for his age, but should be monitored to make sure he does not lag behind his