I recall back when my middle child was younger that he wasn’t speaking as he should for his age. I was seriously concerned that he may be well behind for his age, but at the same time he was only my second child. This means I had only done the parenting gig once before, which didn’t make me any professional. I eventually went on to have him tested and it turned out to be an issue with his ears, he was only delayed by maybe three months. As soon as his ears were fixed, he started talking like you wouldn’t believe.
What if you are in the same boat? Your child doesn’t seem to be developing speech as well as they should? Well maybe you could consider speech therapy for children as a means to ensure your child has the best possible start at life possible.
Articulation disorders: difficulties producing sounds in syllables or saying words incorrectly to the point that listeners can’t understand what’s being said.
Fluency disorders: problems such as stuttering, in which the flow of speech is interrupted by abnormal stoppages, partial-word repetitions (“b-b-boy”), or prolonging sounds and syllables (sssssnake).
Resonance or voice disorders: problems with the pitch, volume, or quality of the voice that distract listeners from what’s being said. These types of disorders may also cause pain or discomfort for a child when speaking.
How Speech Therapy For Children Helps
Corrects Behavior – with some speech disorders there is a behavior that happens alongside the speech disorder, speech therapy for children can work to guide your child to correct the behavior and in turn correct their speech.
Repair Strained Vocal Chords – if your child has a speech disorder that has affected the vocal chords, then speech therapy for children can help correct this and repair your child’s vocal chords.
Empower You as the Parent – speech therapy for children also empowers the parent to learn techniques and tricks to encourage your child’s speech growth.
Do you know anyone who has used speech therapy for children before?