Does your child……
- Have difficulty paying attention and listening?
- Have difficulty asking for help, repetition, or expressing when she does not understand something?
- Have difficulty following directions or remembering information?
- Have difficulty staying organized? Is his desk messy? Does he forget homework assignments and books? Does his homework get done, but not make it to his teacher?
- Have difficulty understanding syllables and sounds in words and understanding what letters correspond to each sound?
- Have a poor vocabulary or difficulty remembering the meaning of new words?
- Have a diagnosis of a receptive language disorder, an expressive language disorder, or a central auditory processing disorder?
- Have difficulty pronouncing words, understanding what he has read, and/or spelling?
Speech disorders include:
- Pronouncing words incorrectly
- Substituting one sound for another
- Omitting speech sounds
- Distorting speech sounds
- Tongue thrust
- Lisps
- Stuttering
- Voice
Language disorders include difficulty or limitations in:
- Vocabulary
- Identifying categories
- Understanding or giving directions
- Answering or asking questions
- Using correct grammar
- Using appropriate social language
- Being able to express yourself
- Understanding social language
Oral motor disorders:
- Apraxia (motor planning problems)
- Weakness in oral muscles
- Weak or poor movement coordination
Autism:
- Weakness in pragmatic skills
- Self stimulation behaviors
- Impaired communication skills
Central Auditory Processing:
- Impaired listening skills
- Impaired information processing
- Impaired auditory discrimination skills
