A Language disorder refers to problems with either understanding the communicated message sent from others (receptive language disorder) or the ability to successfully communicate a meaning or message to their communication partner (expressive language disorder).

A child may need speech therapy if they;

• Show difficulty following directions,
• Do not understand what people have said,
• Cannot put words and sentences together to express thoughts,
• Have difficulty finding the right words,
• Make grammatical errors,
• Produce incomplete sentence structure,
• Rely on standard phrases and limited content in speech,
• Use non-specific vocabulary such as ‘this’ or ‘thing’,
• Parrot words or phrases of things that are said to them (echolalia).