{"id":109,"date":"2021-01-04T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themes.practis.com\/kirby\/?p=109"},"modified":"2021-01-04T14:00:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T19:00:28","slug":"does-my-child-need-speech-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themes.onspire.dev\/kirby\/posts\/does-my-child-need-speech-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Does My Child Need Speech Therapy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Proud parents may gush over their two year old\u2019s baby talk, but if they are still using the same mispronunciations when they are four or five years old, something is probably off. It might be time to ask: does my child need speech therapy? The earlier your child is evaluated, the easier it will be to correct the speech-language problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Speech And Language Disorders Are Evaluated And Diagnosed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A speech-language pathologist (SLP) will perform a series of tests to evaluate the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Your child\u2019s receptive language or what they understand<\/li><li>Your child\u2019s expressive language or what your child can say<\/li><li>Their sound development or how clearly they speak<\/li><li>Their oral-motor skills like how their mouth, tongue, and palate work together not only for speech but also for swallowing and eating<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Speech Therapy Helps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech involves proper pronunciation and articulation of words, voice, and fluency. Your child must possess all three to effectively communicate with others. There is no absolute timetable for how a child develops speech and language, but there are&nbsp;<em>some<\/em>&nbsp;guidelines that might help parents in making a decision to investigate a speech language assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s look at some signposts to consider speech therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Number of words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your child only uses 20 words or less by the time they are 18 months old and less than 50 by the time they reach age 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time children are 2, most understand more than 300 words. If your child doesn\u2019t understand simple sentences like, \u201cdrink your juice,\u201d it may be time to begin speech therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Number of sounds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your child only uses a few sounds to say all words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In social situations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your child does not talk much when around other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Immature speech<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your child cannot speak clearly by age 2 and is not able to combine different words together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Combined Efforts Work Best<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your child\u2019s language specialist will instruct you how to help at home and reinforce the skills they are learning during therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, read to your children, sing together, and use everyday situations to name words and say them together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact&nbsp;<strong>COMPANY\/SPECIALIST<\/strong>&nbsp;if you think your child needs speech therapy and would like to schedule an evaluation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proud parents may gush over their two year old\u2019s baby talk, but if they are still using the same mispronunciations when they are four or five years old, something is probably off. 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