Conditions that can co-occur with language disorders

Think back to your description of “Sam.” Now that you’ve thought about a variety of conditions that can co-occur with language disorders, answer this question: As an SLP, do you think you should treat the symptoms or the disorder? How do individual variability factors play a role in the assessment and treatment plan that an SLP creates? Don’t worry about having a “right” or “wrong” answer to this question. This is a reflection question to help you think ahead to our next sections on assessment and treatment of language disorders.