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Receptive Language Disorders

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Children with receptive language delays have difficulties understanding what people say to them or ask them. As a result,

They may not pay attention when people call out their names
Do not respond or interact with peers and grown ups
May seem restless or over active
Do not follow instructions
May repeat the question instead of providing an answer. For example when asked “What is your name?”. Might repeat the question “What is your name?” instead of giving the name. This is a type of echolalia which is often seen in children with Autism.

Expressive Language Disorder

Children with receptive language delays have difficulties in expressing their needs, ask questions, or even say a “no” to something they don’t want or, are disinterested in. In other they are unable to put their thought in to words. Challenges in not being able to express emotions, needs and wants can result in,

Aggressive behavior
Restlessness
Increased anxiety
Depression
Word finding difficulties (go around to answer appropriately due to limited vocabulary)
Difficulty in using grammatically correct sentences (syntax)
Use memorized sentences


Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Childhood apraxia of speech is a neurological speech sound disorders that affects a child’s ability to produce words and sentences accurately and consistently with correct rhythm of speech. Common signs and symptoms include, but are not limited to the following:

Inconsistent errors
Increased errors with more complex words and phrases
Difficulty to produce words on demand
Monotonous speech
General awkwardness/ clumsiness
Limited or no babbling during early childhood years. Child may never learn to say a words or use only a few sounds and gestures to communicate.

Unclear Speech

When a child’s speech is unintelligible to the listener it is considered unclear and requires professional help. Several factors contribute to reduced speech clarity in children, which includes, not limited to:

Reduced rate of pronged oral airflow for connected speech
Weakness/ paresis of the oral motor structures (jaw, lip, tongue, soft palate)
Poor dentition
Oral sensory challenges
Our Speech Language Pathologists can help improve oral air flow for connected speech , strengthen and normalise oral motor structures to improve speech clarity.

Stuttering/ Stammering

Stuttering is a speech sound disorder in which the fluency of speech is disrupted with prolongations of sounds, blocks and/ or silent pauses.

Stuttering is a speech sound disorder in which the fluency of speech is disrupted with prolongations of sounds, blocks and/ or silent pauses.

Connect with us for an appointment if,

Stuttering prolongs for more than six months
Onset is after four years of age
Occurs with other speech and language problems
Causes anxiety, fear or avoidance of situations where speaking is required
Occurs with muscle tightening or visible struggles to speak

Literacy

Reading is an extension of language coding and comprehension. Children with speech and language delays may have problems with reading and reading comprehension.

Research suggests that a majority of children with speech and language delays may eventually be diagnosed with dyslexia or reading difficulties, if intervention is tarried. In other words speech and language skills are a strong indicator to future reading abilities in children.

Our Speech Language Pathologists will help assess, set goals and provide reading intervention for children with reading difficulties

Autism/ ADHD/ Down Syndrome/ Cerebral Palsy

Children with a diagnosis of Autism, ADHD, DS, CP and other developmental delays will benefit from our speech and language intervention.