{"id":49,"date":"2015-12-04T12:38:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T17:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/?p=49"},"modified":"2015-12-04T12:47:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T17:47:46","slug":"what-is-a-speech-language-impairment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/2015\/12\/04\/what-is-a-speech-language-impairment\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a speech-Language Impairment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There are many kinds of speech and language disorders that can affect children.<\/strong> In this fact sheet, we\u2019ll talk about four major areas in which these impairments occur. These are the areas of:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Articulation<\/strong><\/em> | speech impairments where the child produces sounds incorrectly (e.g., lisp, difficulty articulating certain sounds, such as \u201cl\u201d or \u201cr\u201d);<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fluency <\/em><\/strong>| speech impairments where a child\u2019s flow of speech is disrupted by sounds, syllables, and words that are repeated, prolonged, or avoided and where there may be silent blocks or inappropriate inhalation, exhalation, or phonation patterns;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Voice <\/em><\/strong>| speech impairments where the child\u2019s voice has an abnormal quality to its pitch, resonance, or loudness; and<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Language <\/em><\/strong>| language impairments where the child has problems expressing needs, ideas, or information, and\/or in understanding what others say. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentcenterhub.org\/repository\/speechlanguage\/#refs\">1<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>These areas are reflected in how \u201cspeech or language impairment\u201d is defined by the nation\u2019s special education law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, given below. IDEA is the law that makes early intervention services available to infants and toddlers with disabilities, and special education available to school-aged children with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition of \u201cSpeech or Language Impairment\u201d\u00a0under IDEA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, defines the term \u201cspeech or language impairment\u201d as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(11) <em>Speech or language impairment<\/em> means a communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment, that <strong>adversely affects a child\u2019s educational performance.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0[34 CFR \u00a7300.8(c)(11]<\/p>\n<p>Taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentcenterhub.org\/repository\/speechlanguage\/\">Center for Parent Information and Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many kinds of speech and language disorders that can affect children. In this fact sheet, we\u2019ll talk about four major areas in which these impairments occur. These are the areas of: Articulation | speech impairments where the child produces sounds incorrectly (e.g., lisp, difficulty articulating certain sounds, such as \u201cl\u201d or \u201cr\u201d); Fluency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":743,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/palmerk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}