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Strategies I Will Use In My Classroom For Students Who Have Communication Disorders

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Strategies I Will Use In My Classroom For Students Who Have Communication Disorders

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1. I will have a box on my desk where students can leave a note in if they feel embarrassed about their communication disorder. This will be more comforting to them than coming to me about the issue.

2. When doing a more difficult assignment I will use simple instructions and then ask if anyone needs help. If a student is comfortable asking you for help then they will be more likely to succeed where as students who are not comfortable asking for help.

3. I will plan teamwork activities that forces everyone to get involved with each other and they will have to pick a new partner every time. This will keep the student with a communication disorder from feeling left out in the classroom.

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Communication Disorders are an impairment in the ability to send, receive, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal, and graphic symbol systems. A communication disorder can affect hearing, language, and speech and can be developed throughout time.

Speech Disorder - impairment of the articulation of speech sounds, fluency, and voice
- Articulation Disorder
- Fluency Disorder
- Voice Disorder
Language Disorder - impaired comprehension and use of spoken, written, or other symbol systems
- Phonology
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
Hearing Disorder - result of impaired auditory sensitivity of the physiological auditory system
- Deaf
- Hard of hearing
Central Auditory Processing Disorders - deficits in the information processing of audible signals not attributed to impaired peripheral hearing sensitivity or intellectual impairment

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Tips for Working with Children who have Communication Disorders

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Tips for Working with Children who have Communication Disorders

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Language:
- Focus on interactive communication
- Use active listening
- Paraphrase back what the student said
- Emphasize goals
- Work at the student's pace

Speech:
- Develop a procedure for the student to ask for help
- Speak directly to the student
- Easy interactive communication
- Encourage participation in classroom activities
- Use gestures that support understanding

Academics & Behavior:
- Reduce unnecessary classroom noise
- Provide visual cues
- Allow students to tape lectures
- Allow more time for the students to complete activities
- Focus on the student's strengths
- Have a routine that the students can follow

Physical
- Use of augmentative communication systems

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Autism Spectrum Disorder is the name for a group of developmental disorders.

Signs & Symptoms:
- Repeating certain behaviors
- Making little eye contact
- Having difficulties with back and forth conversation
- Repeating words or behaviors that they see
- Having an unusual tone of voice
- Difficulty adapting to a slight change in routine

Some risk factors of developing Autism is gender, whether you have a sibling with autism, having older parents, and genetics.

Treatments & Therapies:
- Medication prescribed by a doctor can help treat some difficulties that are common with the disorder

Tips:
- Keep a notebook
- Record doctor's reports
- Talk with a peditrician
- Join an autism support group

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Autism Spectrum Disorder and Communication Skills

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Autism Spectrum Disorder and Communication Skills

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Autism Spectrum Disorder affects communication tremendously. Children with ASD may have difficulty developing language skills, communicating nonverbally such as through facial expressions and hand gestures.

Some patterns of language use and behaviors:
- Repetitive or rigid language
- Narrow interests
- Uneven language Development
- Poor nonverbal conversation skills

Treatments:
When a doctor suspects that a child has ASD they will refer them to several specialists where they will get the children the help they need. Some things they work on is memory retraining, cognitive reorganization, language enhancement, and abstract thinking.

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Stuttering is most common in boys, 3-4 boys stutter for every girl. 20% of all children will stutter at some time. It is possible that you can outgrow stuttering but more than likely if it continues for more than 3 years it will continue throughout their lives.

Many people who have a stutter are very self conscious and it will cause they way they learn and react with others. Kids with a stutter can even not want to attend school because they are afraid of what people will think of them.

As a teacher it is important that when you have a child who has a stutter that you have to be patient with them. If you are being impatient the child will sense that and they will not even want to try and speak.

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Speech
Childhood-onset Fluency Disorder: Characterized by a disruption in the flow of speech. With this it includes repetitions of speech sounds, hesitations before and during speaking, and prolongations of speech sounds.

Language
A language disorder is the impairment or deviant development of expression and comprehension of words in context. The disorder may involve the form of language, the content of language, and the function of language as a communication tool.

Hearing
Auditory processing is the term used to describe what happens in your brain when it recognizes and interprets sounds.

Causes:
- Hearing loss
- Neurological Disorders
- Brain injury
- Vocal cord injury
- Autism

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Medical Perspective of Communication Disorders

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Medical Perspective of Communication Disorders

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There are many disorders than can cause someone difficulty speaking or communicating.
- Hearing disorders
- Voice problems
- Developmental disabilities
- Learning disorders
- ASD
- Brain injury
- Stroke

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Helping Children with Communication Disorders in the Schools

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Helping Children with Communication Disorders in the Schools

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In 2003 approximately 6 million students attended school while having a speech or language disorder.

Having a speech, language, or hearing disorder affects the way children learn because it will take them a lot longer to learn something and might have to learn in multiple different ways.

Some signs that a child might have a communication disorder:
- Perform at a poor academic level
- Struggle with reading
- Has difficulty understanding and expressing language
- Misunderstood social cues
- Avoid attending school
- Poor judgement
- Difficulty with tests

Speech-language pathologists work with the teachers and the students in order for the child to get the help they need in the classroom. Some things they work on is memory retraining, cognitive reorganization, language enhancement, and abstract thinking. The services that they provide will more than likely help students in their learning environment and their successes down the road.