Рsycholinguistic analysis of the features of speech development in children with special educational needs

- Трофименко, Людмила Іванівна (2025) Рsycholinguistic analysis of the features of speech development in children with special educational needs Exceptional child: teaching and upbringing, 2 (118). pp. 145-161. ISSN 2312-2781

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Abstract

Тhe article analyzes modern technologies for studying speech development in children from the standpoint of the psycholinguistic approach developed and implemented by Y.F. Sobotovych and her scientific school. This approach emphasizes the interconnection of language, speech, thinking, and cognitive activity in a child’s ontogeny. A psycholinguistic analysis is presented of the peculiarities of speech development in preschool children with special educational needs (SEN), focusing on the lexical and grammatical levels of language acquisition. The purpose of the study is to identify the mechanisms of lexical and grammatical acquisition in children with speech disorders and to determine their impact on the development of cognitive functions and communicative competence. The article presents the results of an empirical study that revealed specific difficulties in the formation of lexical and grammatical skills and their correlation with cognitive processes. The interpretation of the findings was based on psycholinguistic models of speech production, taking into account the developmental characteristics of vocabulary and grammatical structuring of utterances. Detailed results show a number of persistent difficulties in the speech of children with SEN: limited vocabulary, word retrieval problems, syntactic simplification, and grammatical errors in agreement and word order. These linguistic features are correlated with deficits in auditory attention, verbal memory, and concept categorization. It was found that speech disorders significantly affect a child’s general development, cognitive activity, and communication skills. The article states that insufficient formation of language competence in children with SEN poses a serious barrier to mastering communication in their native language. This leads to multiple errors in oral speech, and later in written language, during the early school years. Consequently, children fall behind in mastering language-related subjects and the overall school curriculum. Difficulties in speech development slow down the child’s overall social development. The study concludes by emphasizing the need to create a specially organized correctional and developmental environment for children with SEN. The results may be used to design specialized educational materials, speech therapy programs, and didactic strategies aimed at developing speech and thinking in both special and inclusive educational settings.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Speech development, psycholinguistics, vocabulary, grammar, special educational needs, children with speech disorders, preschoolers.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 376 Education, teaching, training of special groups of persons. Special schools > 376.3 Виховання та освіта осіб із вадами зору, слуху, мови та нервовими захворюваннями. Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 8 Language. Linguistics. Literature > 81 Linguistics and languages
Divisions:	Mykola Yarmachenko Institute of special education and psychology of National academy of educational sciences of Ukraine > Department of speech therapy
Depositing User:	к.пед.н. Людмила Іванівна Трофименко
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2025 14:49
Last Modified:	14 Aug 2025 14:49
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/746243

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