Intervención logopédica en un caso de negligencia infantil con graves repercusiones en el lenguaje

The case is presented of a ten-year-old boy with serious language difficulties due to neglect. The development of his language skills was below average for his age. In order to evaluate his language skills, the Revised Screening version of the Objective Criteria Language Battery (BLOC-SR) and the complete version (BLOC-C) were used. The results showed that all the linguistic components were affected, with the greatest difficulties in the areas of morphology and pragmatics. A work programme consisting of twenty sessions with the boy was designed. The objectives of the intervention were as follows: to improve his expression and comprehension through linguistic stimulation, and to help in his socio-emotional development. All four language levels (morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics) were worked on during the sessions through different activities in collaboration with the school tutor.