The mother of a 9-year-old child with Down syndrome discusses the child's language abilities. The nurse is not surprised to learn which information about the child's language development?
a. Can take turns during conversation
b. Has good grammar
c. Can speak a foreign language
d. Has difficulty in carrying on a conversation
A
Social language involves maintaining a conversation on a specific topic and taking turns during the conversation. Children with Down syndrome generally have good social language. The language development of children with Down syndrome involves difficulty with grammar but strength in social usage. It would not be expected for children with Down syndrome to be characterized as typically knowing a foreign language. Children with Down syndrome have a general strength in social language such as greeting others and carrying on a conversation in a give-and-take manner and have social skills that exceed expected skills on the basis of intellectual capacity.
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