Speech, Language, & Literacy Disorders in School Aged Children with Psychiatric Impairments

Recently I did a presentation for Rutgers University on the subject of  “Speech, Language, & Literacy Disorders in School-Aged Children with Psychiatric Impairments“. The learning objectives for this presentation were as follows:  

• Explain the comorbidity between language impairments and psychiatric disturbances of school-aged children
• Describe language and literacy deficits of school-aged children with psychiatric impairments
• List warning signs of language and literacy deficits in school-aged children that warrant a referral to speech-language pathologists for a potential assessment

It focused on the fact that health professionals need to be aware of a significant comorbidity between psychiatric impairments and language disorders, in order to appropriately refer relevant children for potential assessment and treatment services to improve their social and academic outcomes.

This presentation was video recorded and can be accessed in its entirety below as we as on Youtube. You can also access the handouts which accompany the video HERE

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