Effects of Social Cognition on Children with Language Impairment and Connections for Classroom Practice to Address No Child Left Behind

Effects of Social Cognition on Children with Language Impairment and Connections for Classroom Practice to Address No Child Left Behind

Language impairment is a communication disorder in which children experience difficulty in the ability to understand and/or use words in context. Children with language impairments are not able to relate to others receptively or expressively, thereby creating an affect on the children’s development of social cognition. Social cognition refers to children’s perception and interpretation of the world around them. For children with language impairments, the inability to relate to others in the world around them both verbally and nonverbally facilitates a breakdown of language development and social communication. Therefore, children with language impairments require the use of best practices in the classroom in order to meet the standards of No Child Left Behind.