Understanding Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

For whom is the book primarily written?

• Organizations offering support for SLI

• Parents of children with specific language impairment (SLI)

What does the book outline regarding children and young people with SLI?

• The languages they speak

• The type of support they need

What additional audience may find the book useful?

• Organizations not related to SLI

• Teachers and early years staff

What does the book illustrate about SLI?

• How it is different from other speech, language, and communication needs

• How it affects parents

What does SLI stand for?

• Sudden Language Interruption

• Specific Language Impairment

Children with SLI have enormous difficulty with:

• Learning mathematics

• Talking and sometimes understanding language

Which of the following is NOT associated with the difficulties described by SLI?

• General learning difficulties

• Autistic spectrum disorders

How are children with SLI often described in terms of intelligence?

• Slow learners

• As clever as any other child of their age

What is a characteristic of a child with SLI in terms of speech and language development?

• They develop speech and language skills faster than expected.

• They do not develop speech and language skills in the expected way.

What is known about the cause of SLI?

• It is well understood and can be easily diagnosed.

• It is complicated to understand and there is no medical test for it.