https://www.psychdb.com/ 2026-06-19T14:45:13-0700 https://www.psychdb.com/ https://www.psychdb.com/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-03-29T15:07:37-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/child/communication/childhood-onset-fluency-disorder?rev=1617055657&do=diff Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering) Primer Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (more commonly known as Stuttering) is a communication disorder characterized by a disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech that is inappropriate for an individual's age. The disorder is characterized by frequent repetitions or prolongations of sounds or syllables. Other speech deficits include: (1) single words that are broken up (e.g. - pauses within a word), (2) audible or silent blo… text/html 2021-01-15T17:54:29-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/child/communication/home?rev=1610762069&do=diff Communication Disorders Primer Communication Disorders are disorders that result in deficits in language, speech, and communication. There are five communication disorders in the DSM-5: Language Disorder, Speech Sound Disorder (previously Phonological Disorder), Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering), Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder, and Unspecified Communication Disorder.<ul id="frontpage "style="column-width:20em; -webkit-column-count: 1; -moz-column-count: 1; column-count: … text/html 2021-03-29T15:08:55-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/child/communication/language-disorder?rev=1617055735&do=diff Language Disorder Primer Language Disorder is a disorder characterized by difficulties in the acquisition and use of language, due to deficits in the production or comprehension of vocabulary, discourse, and sentence structure. These deficits will be apparent in spoken communication, written communication, or sign language. These deficits can either be in receptive and/or expressive skills. text/html 2021-03-29T15:07:37-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/child/communication/social-pragmatic-communication-disorder?rev=1617055657&do=diff Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder Primer Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SCD) is a disorder characterized by difficulty with pragmatics, or the social use of language and communication. This seen through deficits in understanding and following social rules of verbal and nonverbal communication in day-to-day contexts, an inability to change language according to the needs of the listener or situation, and difficulty following rules for conversations and storytelling. text/html 2021-03-29T15:07:37-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/child/communication/speech-sound-disorder?rev=1617055657&do=diff Speech Sound Disorder (Phonological Disorder) Primer Speech Sound Disorder (also known as Phonological Disorder) is a disorder where speech sound production is not consistent with what is expected based on the child's developmental stage and age. Additionally, the speech production deficits must not be due to a physical, structural, neurological, or hearing impairment. Children with the disorder may not have knowledge of phonological speech sounds, or be unable to coordinate movements (i.e. - …