Communication Disorders

By: Melissa Diamond

&
Taylor Charles
 Communication “is the interactive exchange
of information, ideas, feelings, needs, and
desires,” (47)

 Language “is a formalized code used by a

group of people to communicate with one
another,” (47)
 Speech is the oral component
 Speech Disorders
 Articulation
 Distortions
 Substitutions
 Omissions
 Additions
 Motor speech
 Phonological
 Voice
 Fluency
 Stuttering
 Classroom Accommodations

 Build a Positive Classroom Climate

 Help Students Learn to Monitor Their Own
Speech
 Modify Instruction & Materials
 Help Students Help Themselves
 Work with Peers or Parents
 Language Disorders
Absence of verbal Child does not show
language indications of understanding
or spontaneously using
language by age 3
Quantitatively Child’s language is different
Different Language from that of non disabled
children at any stage of
development
Delayed Language Language follows normal
Development course of development, but
behind children of same age
Interrupted Language Normal language
Development development begins, but is
interrupted
Early acquired deafness,
brain damage, severe
emotional disturbance
Emotional disturbance,
hearing loss, mental
retardation/developmenta
l disabilities
(Same as above) No one is
trying to help them learn
Illness, accident, or other
trauma
 Classroom Accommodations
1. Improve Students’ Comprehension in the Classroom
2. Give Students Opportunities for Facilitative Play
3. Use Naturalistic Techniques & Stimulated Real-Life Activities
to Increase Language Use
4. Develop Students’ Conversational Skills through Story Reading
5. Use Music and Play Games to Improve Language
6. Arrange Your Classroom for Effective Interactions
7. Modify Strategies to Develop Students’ Learning Tools
8. Work Collaboratively with the Speech-Language Pathologist
9. Use Storytelling and Process Writing
 Assessment
 Focus on what the child can do rather
than can’t
 Consider procedural modifications
 Be flexible
 Give options
Augmentative & Alternative
Communication (AAC)
 Augmentative Communication
 Ways (other than speech) that are used to
send a message from one person to another

 Alternative Communication
 Techniques that supplement or enhance
communication by complementing whatever
vocal skills the individual already has
 Summary Quiz
 Communication problems result in difficulties in even
simple ______
 Speech disorders include impairments of____, ____,
_____, or phonology
 What are the TWO modes of communication?
 What are some accommodations teachers can make for
students with language disorders?
 Bibliography
Smith, Polloway, Patton, Dowdy, Heath,
McIntyre, and Francis. (2006).
Teaching Students with Special
Needs in Inclusive Settings. Toronto,
ON: Pearson Education. Pages 47 - 76.