Communication Zone
We are The Communication Zone, a webpage built for Thomas County Middle School speech therapy students and their families. Here you'll find information about different communication disorders in school-aged children, how your public school speech therapists can help, interesting speech facts, links to fun activities and related websites to help you reach your communication goals, and a blog for who knows
what else! So come on in The Zone!
what else! So come on in The Zone!
Articulation: An articulation disorder is the atypical production of speech sounds characterized by substitutions, omissions, additions or distortions that may interfere with intelligibility. (Definitions of Communication Disorders and Variations, Ad Hoc Committee on Service Delivery in the Schools, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1993)
Language:
A language disorder is impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written and/or other symbol systems. The disorder may involve (1) the form of language (phonology, morphology, syntax), (2) the content of language (semantics), and/or (3) the function of language in communication (pragmatics) in any combination. (Definitions of Communication Disorders and Variations, Ad Hoc Committee on Service Delivery in the Schools, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1993)
Fluency:
A fluency disorder is an interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by atypical rate, rhythm, and repetitions in sounds, syllables, words, and phrases. This may be accompanied by excessive tension, struggle behavior, and secondary mannerisms. (Definitions of Communication Disorders and Variations, Ad Hoc Committee on Service Delivery in the Schools, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1993)
Voice:
A voice disorder is characterized by the abnormal production and/or absences of vocal quality, pitch, loudness, resonance, and/or duration, which is inappropriate for an individual's age and/or sex. (Definitions of Communication Disorders and Variations, Ad Hoc Committee on Service Delivery in the Schools, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1993)