Speech and Langauge Disorders

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Articulation disorders focus on errors (e.g., distortions and substitutions) in production of individual speech sounds. Phonological disorders focus on predictable, rule-based errors (e.g., fronting, stopping, and final consonant deletion) that affect more than one sound.

An individual with a receptive language disorder demonstrates difficulties understanding what is said to them. There is no standard set of symptoms that indicates receptive language disorder, as it varies from one child to the next. 

An individual with an expressive language disorder has difficulty expressing themselves through speech, writing or gesture.