Treatment Areas: Language - Receptive Language Impairments
Receptive language refers to a person's ability to understand or comprehend language. Difficulty with comprehension of conversations, stories, questions and directions can significantly impact a person's ability to effectively communicate with others. Children with receptive language challenges often struggle with accessing instruction in the classroom and are often characterized as having a "Specific Language Impairment" (SLI) or "Communication Disability".
A child with receptive language difficulties may have trouble:
- following directions/commands.
- understanding wh- questions.
- understanding what is being said or following a conversation.
- understanding a story that is read or heard.
- understanding and identifying vocabulary.
- understanding implicit information, figurative language, or humor.