LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION AND EXPRESSION
Does your child have difficulty...
Following directions?
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Telling stories?
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Answering questions?
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Learning new words?
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Putting words together to speak in sentences?
Then your child may have
a language disorder or language delay.
Language is the ability to produce and comprehend spoken and written words.
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Language skills are often described as being expressive or receptive.
Using words and sentences, even gestures, to communicate with others is known as expressive language. This includes using correct grammar, vocabulary, organising words into sentences, telling stories and recounting events.
Some children have...
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Language Disorders associated with a known biomedical condition, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), genetic conditions, hearing loss, and/or intellectual disability.
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Language Disorders with no other known biomedical condition. These people have ‘Developmental Language Disorders‘ or DLD. 1 in 14 people have a DLD.
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Speech pathologists are trained to diagnose and help children and adults with language disorders.
Language therapy is tailored to your child's individual needs and can target a range of goals, including:
Improving vocabulary and word finding skills
Using correct grammar and sentence structure
Understanding, asking and answering questions
Producing spoken and written recounts and narratives
Following instructions at home and in school