What is Speech and Language Disorder?
Refers to a communication disorder that affects the ability of a person to articulate and express thoughts and ideas effectively. This disability is divided into two categories:
Speech Difficulty
Abnormalities in a person’s speech production. A person with speech difficulty struggles in producing sounds in order to form words.
Language Difficulty
Difficulty understanding and expressing thoughts and ideas.
Research has made clear that high-quality early intervention can enhance your child’s learning, communication, and social skills.
How do you know if your child has Speech – Language Difficulties?
- Difficulty in understanding
- Struggle in putting words together to make sense
- Splutters or experiencing interruption n speaking fluently such as repetition and prolongation of sounds, words and syllables.
- The child does not say sound and words clearly distortion is sounds and words
- Unnecessary stops between syllables or words when speaking
- Adding extra sounds to words
- Raspy voice when talking
- Difficulty in reading and writing
Mixed Receptive and Expressive Language Disorder
- Stuttering
- Prolongation and distortion of sounds in words
- Unnecessary stops
- Raspy voice
- Repetition of sounds, words, and syllables
Speech Disorder
- Difficulty in understanding thoughts and ideas
- Difficulty in expressing thoughts and ideas