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Developmental Disabilities

August 17, 2015 by ITAChicago

All children display behaviors which can be difficult to manage at some point in time.  Parents are challenged to understand why certain behaviors manifest and struggle to help a distressed child try to control them.  When behaviors occur persistently and impair the normal development of the child or adolescent’s formation of interpersonal relationships with peers […]

Filed Under: Glossary Tagged With: adhd, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, communication disorder, developmental coordination disorder, developmental disabilities, intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disability, stereotypic movement disorder, tic disorders

Communication Disorders

August 17, 2015 by ITAChicago

Definition of Communication Disorder: From the DSM-5: ‘The communication disorders include language disorder, speech sound disorder, social (pragmatic) communication disorder, and childhood-onset fluency disorder (stuttering). The first three disorders are characterized by deficits in the development and use of language, speech, and social communication, respectively. Childhood-onset fluency disorder is characterized by disturbances of the normal […]

Filed Under: Glossary Tagged With: childhood-onset fluency disorder, communication disorder, language disorder, pragmatic, social communication disorder, speech sound disorder

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