This image shows a child suffering from language disorder, not able to from a sentence correctly.
Language disorder, the problem is associated with receptive (impaired language comprehension) which deals with understanding what the other person is saying to the child, expressive (language production) which deals with getting the message across to others.
Some children have only expressive language disorder, and others have mixed receptive-expressive language disorder, the symptoms of Language disorders mostly start showing up before the age of 4 years
The problems associated with Language disorder affects all kinds of language (spoken, written and sign), issues in grammar and semantics also occur.
Language Disorder can be caused by severe damage to the central nervous system, development problems, autistic spectrum disorder and learning disabilities.
FACTS
In 95 % of the cases, the symptoms of Language Disability appear before the child turns 4 years of age.
SYMPTOMS
- Hard time understanding people
- Difficulty in following directions
- Problem in organizing thoughts
- Unable to pick what others are saying/talking about
- Can’t put words together in sentence
- Grammar and semantic problems
- Difficulty in finding the right words while talking to other people
- Using certain phases over and over again
- Using tenses improperly (past, present and future)
- Forgetting words in sentences
- Improper use of words and phrases
CASE STUDIES
P, age 4 looks like a normal child, she is cute, she plays and she laughs. But her language skills are poor as she utters a few words repeatedly like mamma, papa, khaana and khelna. She can understand what a person is saying, but she is unable to reciprocate her feelings into words. She does all basic day to day activities without problem, but can’t utter many words as she nods her head to indicate a yes or a no. Due to P’s underdeveloped expressive language skills, she has difficulties in school, and is unable to interact with kids of her age. She is diagnosed with expressive language disorder, her weekly counselling and daily speech development therapy was started. Her parents were assured she is a great girl and if they support her in her treatment, she will improve with time.
