Communication Disorders

Language Disorder

100

This student struggles with unfamiliar vocabulary. They have difficulty understanding what an idiom is. When listening in class, the student often only understands the literal meaning of the phrase. An example is you told your students you would let them “off the hook” for not doing their homework. This could possibly be a language disorder.

What is Semantics Disorder?

200

• Your student is having difficulty building relationships with their peers. They rarely follow the rules of communicating. For example, they often talk too loudly in small groups or interrupt their classmates. The real difficulty has been how bluntly they speak to teachers and other adults in language more appropriate for their classmates. What disorder could this possibly be describing?

What is pragmatic disorder?

300

A student writes the following sentence: “My teacher I told she was the coolest.” Earlier this week they made a similar error in sentence structure. What disorder could this student possibly have?

What is syntactic disorder?

Speech Disorder

100

Your student has a stutter that affects them during group read aloud. They frequently use the word “um” or “ah” and often pause too long. What type of speech disorder could this be?

What is fluency disorder?

200

A student often whispers, and their ideas and thoughts are often lost. The sound production is just not there. What type of speech disorder could this be?

What is voice disorder

300

Your student was chosen to be the leader of a game of Simon Says. During the game, the class heard your student say, “Pwace your pwencil on your wip.” The class was confused and your student was embarrassed. What type of speech disorder could this be?

What is articulation disorder?

Accommodations

100

Students need support from teachers and other individuals to ensure they receive early intervention to improve their speech. Teachers work closely with these to support students who struggle with communication disorders

What is speech and language pathologist?

200

One of your students is nonverbal and needs supports to communicate. What is an example of an accommodation this child could need?

What are Print outputs, Gotalk, iPads, or any augmentative communication devices

300

A student with syntactic disorder has a difficult time processing and comprehending the teacher while they give lessons. This is accommodations the teacher could give this student

What are taped lectures, more time given, visuals used?