Speech Practice at Home
Good communication depends on good articulation skills. Articulation refers
to the production of speech sounds. When a child has difficulty producing
specific sounds, speech intelligblity decreases, and the listener may not
understand the child's intended message. A Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)
works with a child to help him/her produce sounds correctly. They may work
on individual sounds in isolation or sounds in syllables, words, phrases, or
sentences. The ultimate goal is to help a child correctly produce speech
sounds spontaneously at the conversational level. The SLP may send work home
for the parents to complete with their child. Homework activities provide
opportunities for a child to practice speech in a more natural enviornment
with the encouragement and support of family.
Links to use at home for additional practice
KidsHealth website
What is Speech Therapy?
http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/speech_therapy.html
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org
Stuttering Foundation of America
http://www.stutteringhelp.org
Childhood Apraxia of Speech Assocation of North America
http://www.apraxia-kids.org/
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
http://www.chadd.org/
About Face USA
The Premier Cleft/Craniofacial Support Organization
http://www.aboutfaceusa.org/