Many children do develop speech sounds over time but those who do not often need the services of an SLP to learn correct speech sounds. Some speech sound errors can result from physical problems, such as: 1  developmental disorders (e.g.,autism). 2  genetic syndromes (e.g., Down syndrome).
adjective. 1  The definition of anergic is a condition in which the body fails to react to an injected antigen. 2  The definition of anergic is a condition in which the body fails to react to an injected antigen. A child whose body does not react properly to an immunization is anergic.
Either one of these is an operational definition. operational definition is how you define these concepts such as bullying, mental illness, drug abuse, physical abuse. operational definitions are used because not everyone's concept of bullying, for example, is the same.