Speech and language disorders in children : implications for the social security administration's supplemental security income program / Committee on the Evaluation of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Disability Program for Children with Speech Disorders and Language Disorders ; Sara Rosenbaum and Patti Simon, editors ; Board on the Health of Select Populations, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenbaum, Sara, editor.

Simon, Patti, editor.

Committee on the Evaluation of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Disability Program for Children with Speech Disorders and Language Disorders, issuing body.

Board on Health of Select Populations, issuing body.

Board on Children, Youth, and Families, issuing body.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.), issuing body.

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speech disorders in children.

Language disorders in children.

Children--Language.

Children.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Speech and language are central to the human experience; they are the vital means by which people convey and receive knowledge, thoughts, feelings, and other internal experiences. Acquisition of communication skills begins early in childhood and is foundational to the ability to gain access to culturally transmitted knowledge, organize and share thoughts and feelings, and participate in social interactions and relationships. Thus, speech disorders and language disorders-disruptions in communication development-can have wide-ranging and adverse impacts on the ability to communicate and also to acquire new knowledge and fully participate in society. Severe disruptions in speech or language acquisition have both direct and indirect consequences for child and adolescent development, not only in communication, but also in associated abilities such as reading and academic achievement that depend on speech and language skills. The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for children provides financial assistance to children from low-income, resource-limited families who are determined to have conditions that meet the disability standard required under law. Between 2000 and 2010, there was an unprecedented rise in the number of applications and the number of children found to meet the disability criteria. The factors that contribute to these changes are a primary focus of this report. Speech and Language Disorders in Children provides an overview of the current status of the diagnosis and treatment of speech and language disorders and levels of impairment in the U.S. population under age 18. This study identifies past and current trends in the prevalence and persistence of speech disorders and language disorders for the general U.S. population under age 18 and compares those trends to trends in the SSI childhood disability population.

Contents:

Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 305

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309388788

0309388783

9780309388764

0309388767