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Hi my daughter is 6 in sep pediatrician says my child has specific learning difficulties add also slt says language disorder / delay what's it mean ?

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Dr. Amy Halanski answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Referral: In general, the sooner a child receives recommended therapies, the better the child's long term outcome. Many children have a "delay" in any of the 4 developmental areas - fine motor, gross motor, speech, personal-social. As pediatricians, we screen for developmental milestones so that we can recommended therapies for those children that need it. Keep the appointments!

Answered 10/31/2015

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Dr. Johanna Fricke answered

Specializes in Pediatrics - Developmental and Behavioral

ADHD and Specific : Learning disabilities co-occur in 30-35% of cases. Receptive &expressive language delays early on ("specific language impairment" if persistent to ~age 6) greatly increase risk of language-based learning disabilities in school. 90% of reading disorder cases stem from the brain's inability to process phonemes, the smallest units of sound in a language. Ask school for help. See lexialearning

Answered 5/8/2016

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