Language
Impaired receptive, integrative, or expressive disorder of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics. A student shall exhibit a deficit of at least 1.5 standard deviations below the mean based on chronological age. If the student is functioning below age level in all areas, developmental functioning levels should be considered and there is documented evidence that the impairment significantly interferes with the student's educational performance or significantly interferes with the student's developmental functioning to a degree inappropriate for his or her cultural and social background or overall developmental level.
Warning Signs:
Your child may have a language disorder if he/she has difficulty:
· Focusing attention
· Following directions
· Remembering
· Hearing differences between words (ex. bear/chair)
· Using age appropriate grammar (ex. me fall down)
· Identifying common objects (limited vocabulary)
· Saying things off topic
· Focusing attention
· Following directions
· Remembering
· Hearing differences between words (ex. bear/chair)
· Using age appropriate grammar (ex. me fall down)
· Identifying common objects (limited vocabulary)
· Saying things off topic