In a 3-page paper, written in APA format using proper spelling/grammar, research the topic of learning disabilities of American children and address the following:

1. When is a child’s communication considered delayed? Please include stages of development regarding communication with examples.
2. What are speech disorders and how are they characterized?
3. What are language disorders? How does they affect language development and education?
4. How does a speech language pathologist help children with communication disorders? Explain with specific techniques and examples.

Be sure to include APA citations for any resources you used as references.

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Language and speech development are the two basic components of communication in children. Recognizing the normal language and speech development in children is important in knowing whether the child’s communication is developing right. A child can be affected by communication disorders during early development leading to delay in the child’s communication.  Delay in children’s communication is different, but the stages of language and speech development in children are the same (Lewis, 2017). However, there are variations in the age at which children develop. By the time a child attains one year, the child should develop speech in terms of babbling and cooing. Before a child is 12 months old, he or she should be paying attention to various sounds and saying words like mama.

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