Treatment Areas: Language
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) defines a language disorder as "an impairment in comprehension and/or use of a spoken, written and/or other symbol system." The disorder may involve the form of language (including syntax, morphology and phonology), the content of language (semantics) and/or the functional use of language in communication (pragmatics).
For more information about the language-related disorders Lannon can evaluate and provide treatment click on the topics below.
- Receptive Language Impairments
- Expressive Language Impairments
- Language Processing Disorders
- Word Retrieval Deficits
- Phonological Disorders
- Pragmatic/Social Language Disorders
Oftentimes, language impairments are described using the terms receptive and expressive. Receptive language typically refers to a child’s ability to understand language and expressive language refers to using or formulating language. Many children experiencing language disorders or delays have difficulty with both expressive and receptive areas of language.
For information about typical speech and language development visit the ASHA website.
- Children Birth-5 years: http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/chart.htm
- School-Age Children: http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/communicationdevelopment.htm