DSM-5: Clinical Implications for SLPs by Geralyn Timler, PhD

About the Presentation

Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SCD) is a new diagnostic category included under Communication Disorders in the DSM-5.  This SCD diagnostic category is characterized by a primary deficit in the social use of nonverbal and verbal language.  Because SCD is a new category in the DSM-5 with limited research, the purpose of this talk will be to review the relevant language and ASD literature relating in particular to SCD.  Further, this talk will describe assessment techniques for school-age children with social and pragmatic deficits.

Learning Outcomes/Objectives

1. State the DSM-5 characteristics of Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SCD) and explain the rationale for the addition of SCD to the DSM-5.
2. Discuss the communication differences and similarities among children with SCD, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Language Impairment (LI).
3. Develop a comprehensive protocol for assessment of SCD. 

About Dr. Geralyn Timler

Geralyn Timler, PhD, CCC-SLP, is the Director of the Child Language and Social Communication Lab at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.  She has examined the use of peer conflicts tasks, narrative and conversational analyses, parent report and child self-report to describe the social communication profiles of children with neurodevelopmental disorders.  She is currently serving as the coordinator of ASHA's Special Interest Group 1, "Language Learning and Education."

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