An Overview of Pediatric Language Disorders
Presented by Jennifer Schultz
Non-Financial: Jennifer Schultz has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Meet your instructor
Jennifer Schultz
Jennifer Schultz is an instructor for the speech-language pathology assistant program at Mitchell Technical Institute in Mitchell, South Dakota. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Disorders and Psychology from the University of South Dakota and a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Language Disorders and Their Causes
This chapter discusses the components of language through the communication subdomains approach and provides an overview of a variety of common causes of communication disorders.
2. Disorders of Early Pragmatic and Discourse Skills
This chapter will describe deficits that may occur in early pragmatic skills, including nonverbal communication, joint attention, turn taking, and conversation. Common causes of disorders that are identified in these areas will be reviewed along with information regarding the prevalence of these disorders.
3. Disorders of Vocabulary Development and Early Word Combinations
This chapter will describe difficulties that children may experience comprehending vocabulary and expressing vocabulary at a variety of age levels. Tiers of vocabulary and the differences in deficits across tiers will be discussed. Common causes of vocabulary difficulties will be reviewed.
4. Disorders of Morphology and Syntax
This chapter will describe difficulties that children may experience comprehending and expressing grammatical morphemes. Difficulties with development of specific syntactical structures will be described. Common etiologies associated with morphosyntactic disorders will be reviewed.
5. Disorders of Social Communication Skills
This chapter will describe difficulties that children may experience with later discourse and other social communication skills. Difficulties with comprehension and use of abstract language forms will be discussed. Difficulties with perspective-taking/theory of mind and the effect on peer relationships will be reviewed. Etiologies of communication disorders that typically present with social communication deficits will be presented.
6. Communication Disorders vs. Communication Differences
This chapter will contrast language differences from language disorders. We will review the effects that first languages may have on development of English as a second language in typical development and language impairment. Suggestions will be provided to assist SLPs to develop cultural competence and differentiate between language disorders and language differences.
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