Language barriers

According to the nature of language disorders in children and history, after the screening to diagnostic evaluation. According to the child\'s age and the nature of the obstacles, selection of different diagnostic methods and materials. Screening is to identify problems should arouse attention, diagnosis is targeted at the problems identified, determine the issues of quantity and quality of the exception. Diagnosis to confirm that the exception is the process of language exists or not.

Diagnosis is required information should be collected from several of the following methods:

⑴ case history data collection of the child. Collected children\'s upbringing, family history, health history, academic achievement, social skills, emotional stability, information related to the locale, and so on, in order to fully grasp cause the data on the causes of language disorders in children, provide a useful basis for future correction.

⑵ physiological examination. Check the child\'s listening, pronunciation organs, respiratory organs, such as development. If necessary, you can also do brain physiological examination to determine the physiological causes of language barriers.

⑶ intelligence assessment. Language and intellectual development is closely related to the psychology profession feels that language is a reflection of intelligence, language barriers and intelligence in mild or severe degree of positive relationships. So intelligence assessment on diagnosis is very important to the work of the language barrier. But be aware, many language part of the intelligence scale on real language barrier such as aphasia, stuttering and other language disorders in children are unable to survey.

D evaluation of the mental adjustment. Children emotional disorder or abnormal behavior can easily cause functional speech abnormality, psychological tests, interviews, consultation should be used or behavior observation and analysis of methods to diagnose whether the language barrier and emotional disorders.

⑸ diagnosis of the nature of language barriers. According to the introduction of Cork 4 kinds of methods available for (as described in the diagnosis of the education of children with disabilities).

⑹ language disorder symptoms to determine whether there is a language barrier.
Is the largest number of children with special needs children with language disorder category, about 2.8% of school-age children. Proportion of preschool children is higher than the school-age children.

Our experts recently developed two practical scale of language disorder: first is the \"Chinese verbal fluency diagnostic test\" second \"language learning abilities of school children diagnostic scale\" (as described in the diagnosis of the education of children with disabilities).
　　

Educational placement

Most of the language barrier no limbs or movement disorder in children, there should be a normal IQ. But normal IQ in school are not guaranteed to keep intermediate or above. Children will have a serious inferiority of the language barrier, may therefore affect the results. Therefore, the vast majority of children with language disorder in general education classes, general academic achievement in the medium and downwards. These children as grade increases, their score will gradually decrease, and some even mental retardation. In mild mental retardation of children with language disorder, can be implemented in the regular classroom learning in regular class. Some children with severe disorders of language, into special schools, special education classes or attending special education classes in ordinary schools. Intensive training focused on language in education, to promote the improvement of language skills.