Specific Language Impairment (SLI): What is SLI?

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Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
What is SLI?
This is a type of SLCN (Speech, Language and Communication Need).
A child with SLI is as healthy and as able just like any other child in every way but he/she has only on exception; they have a problem to talk and to understand language. A child with SLI is very individual.
Challenges children with SLI face
They find it difficult to say what they want, although they may have ideas.
Their sentences are very difficult to understand.
They sound muddled making it difficult to follow and understand what they want.
They may not be able to understand words and also long instructions.
They may not be able to remember the words that they want to speak out.
They may also slow in joining in activities in the playground.
Causes of SLI
SLI do not have any obvious cause. All that could be said is that the language and the speech part of the brain develops abnormally and not in the right manner as expected. Moreover, genes are known to play a crucial role in causing SLI.

Percentage of children with SLI
Studies show that in children of five years old, 2 children are affected by SLI in every classroom. This percentage is about 7%. Boys are more affected than girls.
Helping a child with SLI
It is not easy for a child with SLI to learn and master language in the same manner as the others. They need to be taught language and therefore the right support is required to do this. This support may help in changing the life of such children since they could also have the difficulty for the rest of their lives without it. They also need to be helped throughout their school since the difficulties could change as years go by, (Conti-Ramsden, 2013). For instance, a child may be able to understand some sentences that are being said by others although may still have some difficulties forming theirs. Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
What is SLI?
This is a type of SLCN (Speech, Language and Communication Need).
A child with SLI is as healthy and as able just like any other child in every way but he/she has only on exception; they have a problem to talk and to understand language. A child with SLI is very individual.
Challenges children with SLI face
They find it difficult to say what they want, although they may have ideas.
Their sentences are very difficult to understand.
They sound muddled making it difficult to follow and understand what they want.
They may not be able to understand words and also long instructions.
They may not be able to remember the words that they want to speak out.
They may also slow in joining in activities in the playground.
Causes of SLI
SLI do not have any obvious cause. All that could be said is that the language and the speech part of the brain develops abnormally and not in the right manner as expected. Moreover, genes are known to play a crucial role in causing SLI.

Percentage of children with SLI
Studies show that in children of five years old, 2 children are affected by SLI in every classroom. This percentage is about 7%. Boys are more affected than girls.
Helping a child with SLI
It is not easy for a child with SLI to learn and master the language in the same manner as the others. They need to be taught language and therefore the right support is required to do this. This support may help in changing the life of such children since they could also have the difficulty for the rest of their lives without it. They also need to be helped throughout their school since the barriers could change as years go by, (Conti-Ramsden, 2013). For instance, a child may be able to understand some sentences that are being said by others although may still have some difficulties forming theirs.

References
Leonard, L. B. (2014). Children with specific language impairment. MIT press.
Conti-Ramsden, G., Mok, P. L., Pickles, A., & Durkin, K. (2013). Adolescents with a history of specific language impairment (SLI): Strengths and difficulties in social, emotional and behavioral functioning. Research in developmental disabilities, 34(11), 4161-4169.

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