SLP: About Speech-Language Pathology
(ASHA)
prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication,
and swallowing disorders in children and adults. - Answer-Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work to?
Speech disorders - Answer-What occurs when a person has difficulty producing speech sounds correctly
or fluently or has problems with his or her voice or resonance
Language disorders - Answer-What occurs when a person has trouble understanding others (receptive
language), or sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings (expressive language). Language disorders may be
spoken or written and may involve the form (phonology, morphology, syntax), content (semantics),
and/or use (pragmatics) of language in functional and socially appropriate ways.
Social communication disorders - Answer-What occurs when a person has trouble with the social use of
verbal and nonverbal communication.
Problems encountered in social communication disorders - Answer-communicating for social purposes,
talking in different ways to suit the listener and setting, and following rules for conversation and story-
telling.
autism spectrum disorder - Answer-All individuals with this disorder have have social communication
problems
(ASHA)
prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication,
and swallowing disorders in children and adults. - Answer-Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work to?
Speech disorders - Answer-What occurs when a person has difficulty producing speech sounds correctly
or fluently or has problems with his or her voice or resonance
Language disorders - Answer-What occurs when a person has trouble understanding others (receptive
language), or sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings (expressive language). Language disorders may be
spoken or written and may involve the form (phonology, morphology, syntax), content (semantics),
and/or use (pragmatics) of language in functional and socially appropriate ways.
Social communication disorders - Answer-What occurs when a person has trouble with the social use of
verbal and nonverbal communication.
Problems encountered in social communication disorders - Answer-communicating for social purposes,
talking in different ways to suit the listener and setting, and following rules for conversation and story-
telling.
autism spectrum disorder - Answer-All individuals with this disorder have have social communication
problems
