Red Flags to look for in my child

 Does your child……

• Have difficulty paying attention and listening? 

• Have difficulty asking for help, repetition, or expressing when she does not understand something?

• Have difficulty following directions or remembering information?

• Have difficulty staying organized? Is his desk messy? Does he forget homework assignments and books? Does his homework get done, but not make it to his teacher?

• Have difficulty understanding syllables and sounds in words and understanding what letters correspond to each sound? 

• Have a poor vocabulary or difficulty remembering the meaning of new words?

• Have a diagnosis of a receptive language disorder, an expressive language disorder, or a central auditory processing disorder? 

• Have difficulty pronouncing words, understanding what he has read, and/or spelling?

Speech disorders include:

• Pronouncing words incorrectly

• Substituting one sound for another

• Omitting speech sounds 

• Distorting speech sounds

• Tongue thrust

• Lisps

• Stuttering

• Voice 

Language disorders include difficulty or limitations in:

• Vocabulary

• Identifying categories

• Understanding or giving directions

• Answering or asking questions

• Using correct grammar 

• Using appropriate social language 

• Being able to express yourself 

• Understanding social language

Oral motor disorders:

• Apraxia (motor planning problems) 

• Weakness in oral muscles

• Weak or poor movement coordination

Autism:

• Weakness in pragmatic skills

• Self stimulation behaviors 

• Impaired communication skills

Central Auditory Processing:

• Impaired listening skills

• Impaired information processing 

• Impaired auditory discrimination skills

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