Speech & Occupational Therapy of North Texas
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Stuttering doesn’t look the same from individual to individual. Some repeat sounds and syllables, others prolong sounds, and still others interject their own sentences with filler words and noises, such as ‘um’ or ‘like’. Just as there are different ways a stutter can sound, there are different categories for stutters to fall into. Developmental stuttering,…
Building Blocks for Children with Speech Sound Disorders 78110652 – proper Developmental problems in children often cause issues with speech, articulation, and communication. The ability to communicate effectively through speech comes from a confluence of finely coordinated motor skills, a good understanding of the language and its nuances, and the mental capacity to convert thoughts…
Language Stimulation for Children Language stimulation is a set of activities and procedures that a parent, guardian, or educator can perform to promote a child’s language comprehension. When used properly, language stimulation can help a child learn and understand additional words, speak in longer sentences, participate in back-and-forth communication, and learn how to use language…
Speech Therapy Activities Using Flashcards Delays in a speech in children are a regular occurrence. Speech therapy evaluates the child’s speck ability, and the therapist can gauge how to work with them. It can help in various ways, from reducing stuttering, better speech articulation to boosting the child’s communication and expression. Flashcards in speech therapy…
Creative Ways to Use Stories In Speech Therapy Storytelling has its healing properties. The good stories, told the right way, can enhance psychological as well as physical healing. Storytelling as physiotherapy can be dated back to the ancient tradition of therapy. Stories have to fixate attention and appeal to the listener’s imagination as they are…
Top 3 Proven Speech Therapy Tips When Your Child’s Speech Is Unclear If you see that your two or three-year-old baby is not yet talking or is unable to construct sentences, you should check the suggestions below. The options are in line with the experts because they know more about speech development, the kind of…
How to Help a Child with Communication Disorders Communication means everything in the current world. If you have a child with a communication disorder, training them on proper communication is essential to them thriving in today’s world. The first step should be to take them to a pediatric neurologist for an assessment. These professionals can…
Children with Down syndrome typically experience considerable delay when learning to talk, though they often comprehend more than they can express. It’s important to help your child with Down syndrome to revise speech errors at any age, but the toddler years offer a most impressionable period in your child’s speech and language development, as they…
Articulation disorder in children is characterized by an inability to make specific word sounds properly after the expected age. This speech sound disorder often involves substituting one sound for another and slurred or indistinct speech. Although speech therapy is a vital element in correcting articulation problems, here are some ways to help your child with…
What is Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD) and Diagnostic Criteria? Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD – a.k.a. Heller’s syndrome, disintegrative psychosis, dementia infntilis) is a rare condition with only one case in 100,000 children. One of its main characteristics is the late onset of developmental delays, but some children will suddenly or severely reverse in these areas…