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Does Your Child have a
Language and Speech Delay:
Speech Therapy Can Help You?
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The speech-language pathologists can help treat:
– Expressive language problems: Issues with speaking such as (expressing) language.
– Receptive language problems: Issues understanding such as (receiving) language.
– Pragmatic language problems: issues using the language in socially suitable ways.
The speech-language pathologists use tailored strategies for every child to
accomplish specific challenge, these strategies might include:
– Linguistic intervention activities: These activities have the ability to build skills in
many ways, which includes providing kids’ feedback and modeling. The speech
therapist may use books and pictures or play-based therapy. The therapist may
introduce language drills in order to practice skills.
– Articulation therapy: In this therapy, the speech-language pathologist models the
sounds the kid is facing difficulty with. This may involve the demonstration of how to
move the tongue in a way that it creates specific sounds.
– Feeding and swallowing therapy: In this therapy, the speech-language pathologist
explains the child those exercises which help in strengthening the muscles of the
mouth. This includes various lip, tongue, facial massage, and jaw-related exercises.
The therapist may also use some food textures to boost awareness in the child while,
eating and swallowing.