Children who have continuing and profound difficulties communicating verbally and nonverbally with other people in their natural contexts would be diagnosed as having _____________.
A) childhood onset fluency disorder
B) social (pragmatic) communication disorder
C) speech sound disorder
D) language disorder

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The description given in the question matches with the diagnostic criteria for social (pragmatic) communication disorder, which is characterized by persistent difficulties in the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication. Childhood onset fluency disorder refers to stuttering, speech sound disorder refers to difficulties in producing speech sounds, and language disorder refers to difficulties in using or understanding language.

Children Who Have Continuing and Profound Difficulties Communicating Verbally and Nonverbally