Communication is an essential skill that is needed by everyone – young or old. Without it, reaching one’s full potential is nearly impossible. In order to help your child develop this skill set, sometimes, speech therapists can help in more ways than one.

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2. Communication is an essential skill
that is needed by everyone – young
or old. Without it, reaching one’s
full potential is nearly impossible.
In order to help your child develop
this skill set, sometimes, speech
therapists can help in more ways
than one.

3. Typically, a speech teacher or
speech pathologist works with
children with a variety of delays
and disorders spanning from mild
articulation delays to more
complex disorders such as autism,
Down syndrome, hearing
impairment, motor speech
disorders, and other developmental
delays.

4. This is how a speech
therapist can help
your child with:

5. Augmentative and Alternative Communication
or AAC and this involves all forms of
communication other than oral speech that are
used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and
ideas. AAC is always associated whenever we
make facial expressions or gestures, use symbols
or pictures, or write. There are instances when a
child may have such a severe delay/disorder, that
traditional oral speech is not possible or is not
practical. In these circumstances, an SLP may
work with a child and his family to come up with
an AAC system to use instead of, or alongside of,
speech.

6. Feeding or Swallowing issues since
speech therapists are trained in
pediatric swallowing and feeding
issues in addition to speech and
language issues. They also have in
depth knowledge regarding
structures and functions of the oral
cavities, giving them the background
necessary to provide solution to this
issue.

7. Cognitive-communication disorders that refer to
tht impairment of cognitive processes including
attention, memory, abstract reasoning,
awareness, and executive functions which
include self-monitoring, planning and problem
solving. Either developmental in nature or
acquired by other means such as a head injury or
disease, speech therapists can work closely with
your child to develop those skills again or teach
compensatory methods to assist them with their
deficit.
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