Chapter 11
Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to:
- Understand communication impairments and related factors;
- List and describe various types of speech disorders;
- List and describe various types of language disorders;
- Understand factors related to diagnosis of speech and language disorders in children;
- Understand strategies and adaptations necessary for working with children with communication difficulties in inclusive classrooms;
- Identify and understand various strategies to enhance language development in inclusive classrooms;
- Understand uses and identify types of augmentative communication and assistive technology devices.
- Do you attribute children’s language development to a natural process, or do you think environment plays a role in the development of language in children?
- What are some problems that young second language learners might encounter in early childhood education settings?
- How do you think the environment contributes to or impedes a child’s language development?
- How important do you think technology is in teaching language and literacy to children who have communication and language disorders? Why?
- Speechville Information available on communication impairments http://www.speechville.com/communication-impairments.html
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) http://www.asha.org/default.htm
- The Stuttering Foundation Information about stuttering in children http://www.stutteringhelp.org/
- Enabling Devices, Assistive technology devices http://enablingdevices.com/catalog