Semantic Pragmatic Disorder - School age development
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Frequently Asked Questions —
Date posted:
March 9th, 2012
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What are signs of Segmantic Pragmatic Disorder in Primary aged children?
- Fluent speaker but only wants to talk about subjects that interest them
- Doesn't take turns in conversations
- Poor eye contact/ facial expressions
- Difficulty with abstract concepts
- Doesn't ask the teacher for help
- Can sound too grown up
- Can appear rude
- Obsessional questioning, answers don't satisfy
- Good at maths but difficulty with abstract symbols eg = X
- Poor judge of personal space
- Naive
- Distractible
- Dominates play or prefers to play on his own
- Dislikes crowds eg assembly, parties
- Difficulty with school dinners
- Little empathy
