Interrelation of speech behavior and social intelligence in situations of communication of younger schoolchildren with a delay in mental development

The article discusses the concepts of social intelligence and speech behavior and describes their features. The structure of speech behavior is singled out. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between social intelligence and structural components of speech behavior of school-aged children with a delay in mental development. The manifestations of speech behavior of children with developmental delay are described in aspect of their interrelation with the indicators of social intelligence. The study used both authors and well-known methods.