1. Language Delay, Language Disorders & Speech delay
Presented by:
Crystal Siddall & Kelsey Siddall

2. aGENDA APK Did you know? What are speech and language disorders
Types of speech and language disorders
Expressive & receptive language
Best Practices
Speech Milestones
Challenges in the classroom
SLP
Tips for working with students
Resources

3. APK What do you know about language delay`s & language disorders?
What specific language disorders or language delays have you dealt with?

4. Did you know???
1 in 6 people have a speech, language or hearing disorder
May is Speech & Hearing Awareness Month- what could you do at your school?
(sac-oac.ca)

5. What are Speech disorders, language disorders & language delays?
Speech or Language delays are a problem in communication, and can refer to a child’s language development being significantly below age level.
 A child's communication is considered delayed when the child is noticeably behind peers in the development of speech and/or language skills.  
Causes of speech and language disorders can include hearing loss, brain injury or disorder, intellectual disability, drug abuse, physical impairments (such as cleft lip or palate), and vocal issues.  The cause may also be unknown.
A speech disorder refers to difficulties producing speech sounds or problems with voice quality. 
A language disorder refers to difficulties in the ability to understand (receptive language) and/or use words or express thoughts (expressive language). 
Sometimes a child will have both language and speech delays. In most local school districts, speech/language pathologists will conduct testing which helps to determine if there is a disorder.  (

6. Types of Speech & Language Disorders
Articulation disorders:
omitting, substituting or distorting speech sounds: I.e. saying "wabbit" instead of "rabbit.“
When sounds are not developed at the expected milestones it could be an indication of an articulation disorder:
3 years- h, w, m, n, b, p, f
4 years- d, t, k, g, y, ng
6 years- (at this age a student may have errors on the r, s, z, and th sound but they should be developing) l, v, sh, ch, j
8-9 years- Student should be able to correctly say all sounds

7. Types of Speech & Language Disorders
Voice Disorder:
2 Main categories:
Organic-something physically wrong with the vocal chords or caused by nervous system problems
Functional- physical structure is normal but vocals are not being used properly
(osla.on.ca)

8. Types of Speech & Language Disorders
Fluency Disorders (stuttering): a disruption of the normal flow of speech, characteristics include; repetition of sounds, syllables, words or phrases
(rch.org.au)

9. Types of Speech & Language Disorders
Apraxia (A-Prax-sia):
speech programming disorder that makes words and sentences sound jumbled or meaningless
Brain is affected- has difficulty planning to move the body parts needed for speech
Possible causes: genetic disorders, stroke or brain injury
No cure but intensive intervention will allow significant progress to take place

10. Types of Speech & Language Disorders
Apraxia symptoms:
Young Child:
Does not coo or babble
First words are late/missing sounds
Difficulty combining sounds
Older child:
Understands language much better than he or she can talk
Choppy, monotonous, or stresses the wrong syllable
Difficulty imitating speech

11. Types of Speech & Language Disorders
Dysarthria:
A group of speech disorders resulting from paralysis, weakness or lack of coordination of the muscles required for speech
Symptoms:
Slurred, choppy or mumbled speech
Slow rate of speech
Limited tongue, lip and jaw movement
Nasally sounding speech
Abnormal pitch and rhythm when speaking

12. Types of Speech & Language Disorders
Aphasia:
Caused from brain damage or a disease that results in difficulty formulating, expressing and/or understanding language
Symptoms:
Trouble speaking
Struggling with finding appropriate words
Using strange or inappropriate words in conversations

13. Expressive and Receptive Language
Expressive Language: difficulty expressing thoughts and ideas
``Where is the boy?”
Receptive Language: difficulty understanding what is said to you
“Put the boy in/behind/beside the bus”

14. Question???
Discuss the following 2 questions in your table groups- 2 minutes. Be prepared to share...
Have you ever had a student with any of the speech & language disorders that we mentioned in the last few slides?
If so what did you do to accommodate and/or help the student?

15. Best Practices as a teacher
Extra time for responding
Reduce background noises
Ask questions with yes/no answers
Speak slowly and clearly
Do not speak louder to get your message across
Frequent check-ins
Preferential seating
Alternate settings for test taking
Utilizing assistive tech
Visual schedules

16. Speech Milestones

17. Speech milestones continued

18. Challenges in the classroom setting
Classroom composition
# of students in class
Physical layout
EA support
Acoustics in the classroom
Fans
Projectors
Hallway noise
Teacher voice level
Lack of resources & training
Lack of training
Access to SLP

19. Speech-Language Pathologist
SLP’s are highly trained professionals who are focused on the prevention, identification and management of speech, language and swallowing disorders
-sac-oac.ca

20. Tips for working with students with speech & language disorders
Work with sounds that are familiar
“m” mmmmmmmmmm sh
Use Nursery rhymes
Sounds that involve different positions of the mouth i.e. /p/ /t/ /k/
Teach “voice on”, “voice off”
Snake, draw in something tactile
Teach sounds in isolation
/s/ then move into see, saw, so
Start with sounds in the final position
/sh/ hush, cash
Beat work is important
Once student is able to get the sound use it in a sentence
“She is sitting in the car”
“She is sitten in the car”
Language- use lots of preposition work
Be aware of acoustics in the classroom

21. Resources Websites Programs/|Kits Sing-A-Long for different sounds:
Do2learn- offers a variety of programs to be used for students who have a language delay
- prepositions/opposites
LIPS
PECS
Phonological Awareness Kit

22. Resources Continued APPS BOOKS
Milo apps (Speech with Milo- prepositions, verbs,-ing endings, sequencing with Milo etc.)
TocaBoca apps
My play home app(for spatial location)
Articulation station
Sequencing apps, vocab apps, categorization apps/games (get them to sort objects/toys by color, function, family, etc)
Basic Concept Workbook
Vocabuthemes