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Posted by MadelineParadis
Damn! Oops, sorry. I better be careful what I say nowadays. Here's ELD. The
scores obtained from standardized individually administered measures of
expressive language development are substantially below those obtained from
standardized measures of both nonverbal intellectual capacity and receptive
language development.
The disturbance may be manifest clinically by symptoms
that include having a markedly limited vocabulary, making errors in tense, or
having difficulty recalling words or producing sentences with developmentally
appropriate length or complexity.
The difficulties with expressive language
interfere with academic or occupational achievement or with social
communication.
Criteria are not met for Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language
Disorder or a Pervasive Developmental Disorder. If Mental Retardation, a
speech-motor or sensory deficit, or environmental deprivation is present, the
language difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with these
problems.