Poor handwriting

Difficulty with focus and attention

Become incredibly fussy during feeding time

Stick to eating only a few favorite foods

Refuse to try new foods

History of premature birth, NICU, intubation, cleft lip and/or palate, tongue-tie

Ongoing poor weight gain or weight loss

“Understanding what others say (receptive language)

Communicating thoughts using language (expressive language)

Difficulty with forming specific words or sounds correctly

Difficulty with making words or sentences flow smoothly, like stuttering or stammering

Language delay – the ability to understand and speak develops more slowly than is typical

Aphasia (difficulty understanding or speaking parts of language due to a brain injury or how the brain works)

Auditory processing disorder (difficulty understanding the meaning of the sounds that the ear sends to the brain)”