This document discusses various language disorders and provides strategies for supporting students with language disorders in the classroom. It describes language disorders as involving the processing of linguistic information and notes they can arise from brain damage, neurological disorders, hearing loss, or unknown causes. Symptoms may include slow speech/language acquisition, inability to produce sounds, or failure to comprehend language. The document recommends classroom strategies like reducing noise, speaking slowly, using visual cues, focusing students frequently, and avoiding correcting speech to support students with language disorders.

1. Jasmine FloresSpecial Needs Presentation-06Communication Disorders

2. Language DisordersLanguage disordersor language impairments are disorders that involve the processing of linguistic information.Language disorders can arise at many points in the language production process such as: from damage to the part of the brain that produces language

3. from damage to the part of the brain that understands language

4. from hearing loss

5. from damage to the muscles and tissues of the mouth and throat needed for speech (e.g. cleft palate

6. from neurological disorders that interrupt the transmission of information necessary to receive and produce language from unknown (idiopathic) causes Symptoms of language disorders vary widely, but include: