Specific Language Children

Describe the characteristics of children with specific language impairments (SLI) in their development of grammar.

Some characteristics of children with specific language impairments is that they often talk later than their peers and will not produce any types of words until they are around 2 years old. As children become older they struggle with learning new words and making conversation with other people. They also struggle with using verbs. Children will also struggle with their oral language, grammatical and syntactic development. Children will struggle with vocabulary and phonological awareness of sounds in a spoken language, and receptive difficulties because they cannot understand the language spoken to them. Children with SLI can also suffer from reading difficulties. Children with SLI are also non-verbal with social interactions and respond differently in social settings. “Limited exposure to vocabulary words affects vocabulary growth and negatively affects reading comprehension” (Singleton & Shulman, 2014, p. 210). When children fail to require age- appropriate language skills there is likely to be a specific language

Provide at least one example of an SLI and describe what this would behaviorally look like for the child.

Some specific skills that are lacking in a child with SLI is the ability to communicate with language, understanding the language, getting their message across, or understanding messages form others. One example of SLI is speech and language skills. A child with SLI can be a very bright child but have difficulty in the classroom because they have a hard time trying to make sentences in order to say what they are thinking. The child could easily become upset or frustrated by not being able to get their point across.

Explain why a toddler’s caregiver may overestimate his or her child’s language comprehension skills. What caregiver behaviors might influence his or her