Across
- 4. Can be a distinct diagnosis or co-occur with other diagnoses. Difficulties include understanding what is not explicitly stated, misinterpretation of contextual meaning, following rules of conversation, and changing communication to match needs of listener.
- 6. Difficulty with acquisition and use of listening and speaking skills across the areas of language. May also struggle with reading and writing.
- 7. Has an expressive vocabulary fewer than 50 words and does not produce 2-word combinations by 24 months. This can impact vocabulary growth, development of sentences, and articulation development.
- 8. Occurs because of trauma to the brain and these children may have other difficulties in addition to language. Location of the injury will indicate potential difficulties. These children often have difficulties with cognition and social communication.
Down
- 1. This is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Social communication is the area of language that is most impacted.
- 2. Often associated with Dyslexia and ADHD. May have difficulty with psychological processes that affect language. Six categories of characteristics: motor, attention, perception, symbol, memory, and emotion.
- 3. These children miss out on important sounds and language due to deafness or hearing loss. They do not learn words as fast and use concrete words compared to typically developing peers.
- 5. This diagnosis is characterized by intellectual difficulties and difficulties in conceptual, social, and practical living areas. These children may have moderate to severe delays in communication across all areas of language and produce shorter, less complex utterances.