Children with language difficulties may also experience associated difficulties, in-cluding what might often appear to be non-compliant or challenging behaviour.
This was true of Freddie, Samira and Mohammed who exhibited very different types of behaviour in their settings but all were found to have underlying language difficulties.
Freddie, three-and-a-half years
Freddie was always on the go - running around inside and outside the nursery, over tables and toys and sometimes over the other children! Staff observed that Freddie often slipped or fell even when no obstacle was in his way. Story time was an endurance test. When he did settle it was for just a few minutes, usually at the sand tray or on the trikes.
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