Social Communication

Children with a social communication disorder may experience challenges relating to others due to difficulties using verbal and nonverbal language for social purposes.

Signs of a Social Communication Disorder may include:

• difficulty following rules for conversation (e.g. turn taking)

• trouble understanding how someone else may feel about a situation

• difficulty understanding body language or facial expressions

• difficulty making and keeping friends

• trouble changing communication style based on setting (e.g. speaking differently to an adult vs to a peer)

• difficulty making inferences in conversation

• not understanding figurative language or humor