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Speech

• Speech is the ability to produce speech sounds correctly, fluently with the appropriate intonation and voice.

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Language

• Language is the ability to understand others and express ones needs, thoughts and feelings through the spoken or written word in sentences and conversations.

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Social Communication

• Social Communication is the ability to understand, use and follow the rules of spoken and unspoken language in different social situations.

• This includes the ability to interpret the sometimes hidden intentions of others.

• The ability to attend to others and the environment, to organise thoughts, problem solve and plan.