Language disorders (and
delays) for preschool children (ages 2-6) 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 preschool level,
language difficulties will be diagnosed as language delays, since the child
might not have developed certain skills relative to his/her peers. 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
preschool-aged language delays/disorders.
