Language development in early childhood is influenced by internal factors, such as physical and mental conditions, and external factors, such as lack of stimulus or negative environments. Children with autism or cerebral palsy may experience delayed development, while those who lack interaction or are exposed to abuse may have difficulty developing language skills.
The factors that influence language development in early childhood are many and depend on a number of internal and external factors. Internal factors refer to prohibitive factors that may be the result of some form of physical impairment or debilitation that makes early language development difficult or impossible. External factors refer to other types of factors which may be in the form of input or lack of input which also limit the language development process in early childhood.
Internal factors that can influence speech in early childhood include different types of physical and mental conditions. For example, a child with autism may experience delayed language development in early childhood due to the effects of this disorder. Children with even more serious problems, such as acute cases of cerebral palsy, may not develop the ability at all. Another physical factor that can affect children’s ability to develop early language skills includes any type of accident that affects or damages the brain.
One of the external factors that will affect speech development in early childhood is a situation where a child does not receive the stimulus necessary for the formation of speech skills. That stimulus can be in the form of interaction with other people or another form of social interaction. An example of the effect of a lack of this type of input can be seen in cases involving children who have been deprived of contact with other people due to various circumstances, such as acute neglect or abuse. These children usually have difficulty learning how to interact with other people after being removed from that environment. This is due to the effects of their prior deprivation of human contact and the fact that children usually have a narrow window within which to develop language skills, which usually diminishes markedly after the age of three.
Another external factor affecting speech development in early childhood is the child’s environment. For example, a child raised in an environment of frequent abuse or violence may be slow in developing language skills because of how that environment affects the child. In this case, the external factor is internalized and manifests itself in the form of symptoms such as extreme anxiety, fear and withdrawal. Such symptoms also include a delay in normal speech or language development in the child.
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