Speech therapy begins with an assessment to identify the what type of communication disorder your child has and how best to treat it. Speech therapy can take place one on one, in a small group, or classroom setting. The activities and exercises a speech therapy will use depends on your child’s needs, age, and disorder. [...]
The treatment of speech disorders and communication issues are performed by a speech-language pathologist, also known as a speech therapist. Language intervention activities, articulation therapy and other techniques are used to improve language and communication. Articulation Disorders The inability to correctly form certain sounds. A child may add, distort, swap, or drop sounds. For instance, [...]
Children can challenge anyone’s patients. Whether they just forget to clean their room after you’ve asked them a half dozen times or they weren’t listening. But how do you know if it is simple forgetfulness or their inability to follow directions? This is part of receptive language, the ability a child has to process information. [...]
Unfortunately, there are many learning disabilities, speech and language, that go undiagnosed. It is difficult for any parent to watch their child struggle with school work, especially if they have dyslexia. “According to the International Dyslexia Association, roughly 15 to 20 percent of children in schools present with some form of dyslexia, a language-based learning [...]
