Language disorders (and
delays) for adolescents (ages 13+) involve receptive and expressive language
abilities.
Receptive language
disorders comprise a child's difficulty understanding and processing
information.
Expressive language
disorders are demonstrated in a child's speech and can include difficulty with
word formulation, limited vocabulary, inability to use proper language, or use
of socially inappropriate language.
Many times at the middle and
high-school levels (and above) language disorders may be more pronounced since
they have not been successfully remediated at a younger age. Language
difficulties may include the following disorders: aphasia, fluency, apraxia,
grammar (semantics, syntax), idioms, and pragmatics.
This section includes the products
that we've either developed or selected which are useful in treating adolescent
language delays/disorders.
