Definition:
When a person is unable to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently, or has problems with his or her voice, then he or she has a speech disorder. Difficulties pronouncing sounds, or articulation disorders, and stuttering are examples of speech disorders.
Indicators:
- Your child does not use early developing sounds.
- Your child is non-verbal at the age of two.
- Your child is over three and not easily understood.
- Your child becomes frustrated when not understood.
- You child says a sound in isolation, but connected speech.
- Your school-aged child still has difficulty with specific sounds such as R, L, or S
Accommondations:
- Notetakers and/or audiotaped class sessions, captioned films
- Extra exam time, alternative testing arrangements
- Visual, aural, and tactile instructional demonstrations
- Computer with speech output, spellchecker, and grammar checker
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