Prevalence and Impact of Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorders

Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.21750
In this podcast, we are joined by Professor Courtenay Norbury, Professor of Developmental Disorders of Language and Communications at Psychology and Language Sciences, University of London, and director of the Literacy, Language, and Communication Lab, LiLaC, and Jo Saul, lecturer in Experimental Psychology at the same institution. They discuss their JCPP paper, ‘Prevalence and functional impact of social (pragmatic) communication disorders’, (doi:10.1111/jcpp.13705). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.
Discussion points include;

• Providing insight into what the focus of the LiLaC lab is
• What social pragmatic communication disorders (SPCD) are and how they present.
• Social pragmatic deficits rarely occurred in isolation, but often occurred alongside structural language difficulties and/or autism symptoms, they share implications of this
• Recommended changes to better identify, diagnose, and support children with SPCD
• What mental health professionals, and those working in education, should take from their paper
• How to translate the research into practice
• The importance of improving communication between mental health and speech and language professionals.