Understanding Language Disorders and Associated Resources
Resources
This advice is generalist in nature. Teachers and parents are advised to consult with a speech pathologist for more specific information and to assist in understanding a child’s unique profile of strengths and learning needs.
These resources can help you to understand the impact on a child diagnosed with a language disorder, how it might affect development and how you can support them.
The following is an excerpt from the ebooklet Working with children diagnosed with a severe receptive or expressive language disorder by Murray Evely and Zoe Ganim.
Severe Language Disorder
The following website outlines common features of a language disorder and management strategies to support students.
Language Disorder
Leading Learning 4 All is a website that outlines how schools can enable students The Supporting People Experiencing Learning Difficulties (SPELD) website outlines features of a language disorder and how they differ from a language delay.
Language Disorders
The Special Education Support Service lists strategies to support students with a language disorder.
Strategies for Learning and Teaching
This handout from Leading Learning 4 All outlines how students may be affected by a severe language disorder as well as strategies schools and teachers can use to support students.
Severe Language Disorder
This Leading Learning 4 All website outlines how schools can enable students with a disability to maintain engagement with the curriculum with adjustments and student support.
Leading Learning 4 All
This document from the NSW Centre for Effective Reading outlines strategies for vocabulary building in students with language impairment.
Working with students with language impairment: Vocabulary
The Teaching for Inclusion website outlines common features of a receptive language disorder and management strategies to support to the student.
Receptive Language Disorder
Speaking of Speech.com is an interactive forum for speech pathologists and teachers to improve communication skills in schools, and has a ‘materials exchange’ for sharing of resources.
Speaking of Speech.com
The Teaching for Inclusion website outlines common features of a receptive language disorder and management strategies to support to the student.
Receptive Language Disorder
This article from Better Health provides an excellent explanation of Expressive Language difficulties, suitable for both families and teachers.
Expressive Language Disorder
A guide for parents on helping develop on their child’s vocabulary skills can be found here.
Build your child's vocabulary