This presentation is about Language Disorders, their symptoms and treatment. It also tells how parents can help their own children who suffer from such disorders.

2. Language
Disorders
Presenter: Zia Ur Rehman

3. What
Language
Disorders
are not?
They are not trouble with speaking
clearly.
They are not trouble with producing
sounds.
They are also not related to
intelligence.
They are not trouble with hearing.

4. Definition
Language Disorders are a
type of communication
disorder.
They are involved in
understanding and
processing spoken language.
These disorders usually start
in childhood and last into
adulthood.

5. Types of
Language
Disorders
Such disorders are often diagnosed in
children between the ages of 3 and 5.
There are three main types of language
disorders
Expressive
language
disorder
Receptive
language
disorder
Mixed receptive-
expressive
language issues

7. Expressive Language Disorder
• People have trouble getting
their message across when they
talk. They often struggle to put
words together into sentences
that make sense.

8. Receptive Language Disorder
• People struggle to get the
meaning of what others are
saying. Because of this, they
often respond in ways that don’t
make sense.

9. Mixed Receptive-
Expressive Language
Issues
• Some people struggle
with both using and
understanding language.

10. Causes of Language Disorders
• A brain disorder such as autism.
• A brain injury or a brain tumor.
• Birth defects such as Down
syndrome, fragile X syndrome
etc.
• Problems in pregnancy or birth.
• Sometimes language disorders
have a family history.

11. Important Facts
• Learning more than one
language does not cause
language disorders in children.
• A child with language disorder
will have the same problems in
all languages.

12. Symptoms of
Language Disorders
• Symptoms for first two types
of language disorders are
different.
• However, for mixed
receptive-expressive issue,
symptoms of both may
appear.

13. Symptoms of Receptive
Language Disorder
• Understanding what people say
• Understanding gestures
• Understanding concepts and ideas
• Understanding what he or she reads
• Learning new words
• Answering questions
• Following directions
• Identifying objects

14. Symptoms of Expressive
Language Disorder
• Using words correctly
• Expressing thoughts and ideas
• Telling stories
• Using gestures
• Asking questions
• Singing songs or reciting poems
• Naming objects

15. How Language Disorders are
Diagnosed?
• A Speech-Language Pathologist is a professional
who diagnoses language disorders in a child.
• He will look at how your child:
• Speaks
• Listens
• Follows directions
• Understands the names of things
• Repeats phrases or rhymes
• Does in other language activities

16. How Language Disorders are Treated?
• The SLP will talk with your child and
may:
• Use toys, books, objects, or pictures
to help with language development
• Have your child do activities, such as
craft projects
• Have your child practice asking and
answering questions
• Each child might be treated differently.
• The best guidelines will be provided by
SLP who diagnoses a child.

17. How can a Parent Help his Child?
• A parent can help his own child with
such disorders by following simple
activities such as:
• Reading and talking to your child to
help him or her learn words
• Listening and responding when
your child talks
• Encouraging your child to ask and
answer questions
• Pointing out words on signs

18. Conclusion
• Children who have a language
disorder have trouble understanding
language and communicating.
• There are 2 kinds of language
disorders: receptive and expressive.
Children often have both at the
same time.
• Language disorders can have many
possible causes, such as a brain
injury or birth defect.

19. Conclusion
• A child with a receptive language disorder has trouble
understanding words that they hear and read.
• A child with an expressive language disorder has trouble speaking
with others and expressing thoughts and feelings.
• A speech-language pathologist can help diagnose and treat a
language disorder.
• Parents can help their child with language use and understanding
through simple activities.

20. Thank You