Speech Therapy
Speech therapy or sometimes called speech-language therapy is an early intervention service targeting to improve speech, language, social skills, communication and swallowing disorders in children and adults.
A speech-language pathologist or often known as speech therapist will assess, diagnose and treat various speech , language and swallowing disorders.
Parents are often key to the success of speech herapy. A speech therapist works closely with parents and other professionals involved with child or adult to maximize the client's ability to communicate.
When should my child see a speech therapist ?
- When you feel your child does not use as many words as he/she should at his/ her age
- When your child does not seen to be playing together with you
- When other have troble understanding what your child is trying to say
- When your child have trouble forming sentences to express ideas
- When your child have difficulties making certain sounds or pronouncing words
- When your child have difficulties in feeding and swallowing