All About Language
Language disorders occur when a child has difficulty producing and/or understanding language (ie: expressive and receptive language skills). This includes such things as:
- limited understanding and use of age-appropriate vocabulary
- difficulty formulating and understanding complex/compound sentences
- misuse/misunderstanding of verb tenses/pronouns/prepositions
- difficulty following oral directions
- poor recall of information from short/long term memory
- understanding and use of figurative language
- difficulty with word retrieval and with social use of language
Children exhibiting a language disorder may have difficulty with one or more of these areas.
SLPs utilize a variety of language assessments in order to determine whether or not a language disorder is present.
If a language disorder is diagnosed, the SLP will instruct the child in the areas of deficit using a variety of techniques and strategies.
More resources to help you understand the basics of language development and/or difficulties with language can be found below:
© Kelly Kirchmar-Heger, MA, CCC-SLP, 1993-2011
