Language Processing disorder; How it affects your Child's Future!

Language Processing Disorder, as you read from my previous entries, is a disorder which greatly affects a child's life in more ways parents could ever imagine. It is characterized by:

• late speech (at 2 years old, the child could barely speak), hyperactivity (due to the fact that the child can't express himself verbally thus he channels everything he wants to say and his frustrations on being able to be understood, through actions),
• and to some kids, hypo activity (due to the emotional effect of not being understood, and the emotional effect of the parents' frustrations and the discrimination of the people around them),
• inability to focus, or the short attention span (easily gets bored),
• and for some,tantrums, that nasty tantrums (more on toddlers).

To most people, LPD is foreign; it is something they don't understand. Awareness is limited only to people who are directly involved to children with this disorder, doctors and parents of diagnosed children. Since most parents are not aware, a lot of kids with this disorder are never diagnosed, and never get therapeutic interventions.


LPD is a manageable disorder. With intervention, the chances of affected kids coping up with the disorder are very high. Without it, the disorder progresses, resulting to the following:

1. Academically Poor Students. Children with LPD's learning abilities are somewhat behind of their age. Because language is synonymous to learning and development, the mere fact that the child is delayed in speaking, means the child's development as a whole is somewhat delayed too. (Remember LPD is due to the inability of the child to recognize and distinguish sounds of words.) Coping up in school is somewhat difficult if not impossible to kids with LPD who do not receive therapeutic interventions.
2. Personality Problems. Children with LPD have this inability to express themselves verbally, thus rendering them difficult to understand. Because of this, they are labeled and discriminated as retards or morons. They could also be treated with animosity, disdain and indifference by the people around them. This will make the children feel rejected, resented and even traumatized, causing them to develop personality problems. 
3. Learning Disabilities. Because learning is slow and somewhat hampered among children with LPD, cognitive skills tend to develop slower which leads to learning disabilities.

Now picture these things happening to your child, what do you think will his future be?
LPD is a serious matter. If you suspect your child has it, see a neuropediatrician now!