Dr. Lydia Soifer of the Soifer Center for Learning and Child Development discusses a phrase familiar to parents of children with learning differences and social communication deficits: 'pragmatic language.' What is it? Well, Dr. Soifer says, "the functions of language are many"--and being able to use language in different ways and differentiate how others are using it is a skill as important as vocabulary or conjugation. And it doesn't come as easily to some as to others.

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