I don’t know what’s wrong but my son doesn’t know how to socialize properly? Submitted by V Southard

On the way home from an event in the car with another teacher, we were discussing the needs of her son.  her son is in special education for ADHD, but she knows there is much more she says.  I just don’t know how to get help.  After discussing things for a little while, we came up with an understanding that he doesn’t truly know how to hold a conversation with others properly.  She was unaware that this is considered a speech concern under the area of pragmatics.  Many times students with Asperbers, Autism or other behavioral concerns struggle in this area and if undiagnosed they do not receive the speech services needed.  In this post I will discuss how to tell if pragmatics may be an issue for your child and how to go about having them evaluated.

What are the signs of social skill (pragmatic) speech issues?

1.  No…