Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
social problems, children, Specific Language Impairment, SPI, disorder
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Communication Disorders
Abstract
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a well documented disability among many schoolaged children. Children with SLI exhibit “significant limitations in language functioning that cannot be attributed to deficits in hearing, oral structure and function, or general intelligence” (Leonard, 1987, p. 1). SLI results in disordered patterns of communication and is associated with academic failure. Increasing evidence also shows that children with SLI suffer from significant social difficulties.
Recommended Citation
Hutchings, Michelle H. and Fujiki, Dr. Martin
(2013)
"SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/11