What is atypical speech development?
Delayed articulation, not being fluent, or mis-articulating are all signs of atypical speech. Children who are struggling with phonological patterns or consonant clusters can be treated with speech therapy.
What is a hearing impairment?
A child with a hearing impairment is a child who has difficulty hearing, this can be mild to severe complete hearing loss. If a hearing loss is detected, it is very important that a child receive intervention as soon as possible to prevent permanent If a hearing hearing loss. Mild hearing loss can prevent children from hearing specific sounds, which can cause trouble with pronunciation, reading, and comprehension to name a few.
What is Autism?
Autism in a disorder that is described as being on a spectrum. This means that one child diagnosed with autism will not have the same characteristics and signs as another child diagnosed with autism. Children with autism usually have impaired social skills and communication skills.
They also have trouble understanding labels and cultural gestures. Children with autistic also lack facial expressiveness and thus have trouble reading expressions. Language development is usually delayed if seen, you will usually see repetitive language, and trouble making personal connections with family members and teachers. Children with autism can have problems with pragmatics, such as turn taking, speech acts, and have trouble with listening and understanding to others speak.
Intellectual disabilities can cause a range of delays. These can range from problems with memory, including difficulty applying background knowledge. Physical problems such as cerebral palsy, seizures, and hearing/vision impairment. To make sure that there are no long term language delays, intervening early in the child;s life is key, although there are no quarantines when discussing disability's.
One intellectual disability that has to do with language development is called William;s Syndrome, this syndrome causes children to have delayed speech perception but have vocabulary and pragmatic skills. They may use social phrases but have difficulties with complex figures of speech.
What can you do at home?
- If you feel that your child at any time is showing signs of an impairment, talk to you child's teacher or pediatrician for more information.
- Provide visual aids around the house to help with daily tasks.
- Keep to a routine, This will help your child anticipate what will happen next during the day.
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