by Kori Hamilton National Dissemination Center for Children with
Disabilities (NICHCY) There are many types of speech and
language disorders that can affect children. Over one million
students are being served in our schools under the speech or
language impairment category of IDEA, the law that authorizes
special education. Do you have a student in your classroom who
struggles with articulation, fluency, voice, or language? Is the
student’s academic performance being negatively affected? This
blog will give you 8 tips to help support students in your class
who have speech or language impairments. About Speech-Language
Impairments There are four major areas in which speech and
language impairments occur: (1) Articulation impairment is where
the child produces sounds incorrectly or has difficulty making
particular sounds. The sounds may be changed, added, left off,
or distorted, which makes it hard for people to understand the
child. (2) Fluency disorder is when a child displays disruption
in the rhythm and flo