What it is
A formal exceptionality, identified by and Identification Placement and Review Committee (IPRC), in the category of Communication.
Teaching Strategies
See the teaching strategies for these areas of student need:
• Anger/Frustration Management Skills
• Articulation Skills
• Attention Skills
• Assistive Technology
• Executive Function
• Listening Skills
• Metacognitive Skills
• Phonological Processing
• Processing Speed
• Self-Advocacy Skills
• Self-Esteem
• Sequencing Skills
• Social Skills
• Task Initiation
• Time Management Skills
• Verbal Ability
• Anger/Frustration Management Skills
• Articulation Skills
• Attention Skills
• Assistive Technology
• Executive Function
• Listening Skills
• Metacognitive Skills
• Phonological Processing
• Processing Speed
• Self-Advocacy Skills
• Self-Esteem
• Sequencing Skills
• Social Skills
• Task Initiation
• Time Management Skills
• Verbal Ability
Ontario Ministry of Education Definition 
A learning disorder characterized by an impairment in comprehension and/or use of verbal communication or the written or other symbol system of communication, which may be associated with neurological, psychological, physical, or sensory factors, and which may:
a) Involve one or more of the form, content and function of language in communication; and
b) Include one or more of the following:
• Language delay;
• Dysfluency;
• Voice and articulation development, which may or may not be organically or functionally based.
Resources
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
Used by non-teacher medical and/or psychological professionals to diagnosis various conditions.
