After reading this chapter, the reader will:

1. Understand and articulate the definitions of communication, language, and speech, and the relationships among those terms.
2. Define and describe the major categories of speech disorders in school-age children.
3. Define and describe language impairment in school-age children, and their relationship to school learning.
4. Be exposed to an array of teaching strategies for children with communication disorders.
5. Appreciate the roles of members of the interdisciplinary team working with the student with communication disorders.