Showing posts with label Speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speech. Show all posts
Saturday, December 19, 2015
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Friday, January 16, 2015
Monday, December 29, 2014
My Mediafire folder for customer service work
Can help with personal relationships as well. Can also help with manners,etc.
Mediafire folder for customer service work
Mediafire folder for customer service work
Friday, December 19, 2014
Check out SpeechTails
"How Will Speechtails Help My Child?
With SpeechTails the parent will work with their child utilizing approaches similar to those employed by Speech Pathologists all over the country. The parent can take control of their child's speech and together they can work their way through the speech difficulty.
Why Should I be Proactive?
Studies show that early intervention is key to addressing any children's speech problem. A speech problem may hold the child back in school and later in life. Surprisingly, Speech therapy is rarely covered by insurance or in school until it is severe or is medically necessary. The most cost effective time to address a speech delay is before a problem becomes severe, SpeechTails can help.
Features Included:
The SpeechTails system uses many of the time tested approaches that a Speech Pathologist uses, and it empowers parents by providing the tools and step-by-step approach. SpeechTails contains a learning curriculum for each sound in the English language. The learning curriculums are built into your child's Individualized Lesson Plan which is their learning road map.
Each learning curriculum includes:
Mouth exercises to strengthen the areas of the mouth used for speech
Mouth placement instruction for each of the targeted sound
Engaging and fun videos that include drill work
Fun activities to incorporate using the sound during day-to-day activities
Homework exercises which provide fun ways to work on the sound at home
Additional Features:
24/7 access to your Individualized Lesson Plan
Add as many sounds as you desire
Unlimited use of the award winning learning modules
Free trial, no obligation
Guidance to your speech questions"
Check out SpeechTails
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With SpeechTails the parent will work with their child utilizing approaches similar to those employed by Speech Pathologists all over the country. The parent can take control of their child's speech and together they can work their way through the speech difficulty.
Why Should I be Proactive?
Studies show that early intervention is key to addressing any children's speech problem. A speech problem may hold the child back in school and later in life. Surprisingly, Speech therapy is rarely covered by insurance or in school until it is severe or is medically necessary. The most cost effective time to address a speech delay is before a problem becomes severe, SpeechTails can help.
Features Included:
The SpeechTails system uses many of the time tested approaches that a Speech Pathologist uses, and it empowers parents by providing the tools and step-by-step approach. SpeechTails contains a learning curriculum for each sound in the English language. The learning curriculums are built into your child's Individualized Lesson Plan which is their learning road map.
Each learning curriculum includes:
Mouth exercises to strengthen the areas of the mouth used for speech
Mouth placement instruction for each of the targeted sound
Engaging and fun videos that include drill work
Fun activities to incorporate using the sound during day-to-day activities
Homework exercises which provide fun ways to work on the sound at home
Additional Features:
24/7 access to your Individualized Lesson Plan
Add as many sounds as you desire
Unlimited use of the award winning learning modules
Free trial, no obligation
Guidance to your speech questions"
Check out SpeechTails
More Info...
What are Speech Buddies?
"Speech Buddies Placement Tools teach correct tongue positioning for the five most difficult sounds. Choose the right Buddy for your child and practice for just ten minutes, three times a week. Our tools can be used with or without a professional speech therapist. Each kit includes free online games and a customized instruction guide. Best of all, Speech Buddies Tools have been tested in numerous clinical studies. The findings? Kids who use Speech Buddies placement tools learn 2 to 4 times faster. 4 out of 5 parents wished they used them sooner. "
A bit expensive, but can give you great ideas to make your own, or if you have the money buy the tools to help you or your child with a speech impediment.
More Info..
A bit expensive, but can give you great ideas to make your own, or if you have the money buy the tools to help you or your child with a speech impediment.
More Info..
What is Super Star Speech?
"This newly expanded edition includes the content from ALL of the individual Super Star Speech books combined into one integrated 256 page book:
Super Star Speech Supplement
Super Star Speech will teach you how to help your child improve his articulation (speech sound) skills at home. This volume includes an articulation test, instructions for teaching every speech sound, practice pages and drills for every sound, over 600 picture cards, and dozens of practice games. You will find this to be a huge resource for helping your child correct his or her speech errors.
Ideal as either a stand-alone program for parents or as a supplement to professional speech therapy. The book is priced at less than the cost of one session of professional therapy!
Quotes About Super Star Speech: Speech Therapy Made Simple:
.... I have read whatever I can find on correct pronunciation of sounds, and Super Star Speech contains more helps than anything I've yet seen. Many suggestions are given, so if one method doesn't seem to produce results, there are many other approaches to try.....
There are very few speech therapy programs out there for the layman, and even many speech therapy websites are geared to the professional. Compared to what I have seen, this book is less expensive and more user friendly."
More Info..
- Super Star Speech: Speech Therapy Made Simple
- Super Star R and L
- Super Star S, Z, and Sh
- Super Star Ch, J, and Th
Super Star Speech Supplement
Super Star Speech will teach you how to help your child improve his articulation (speech sound) skills at home. This volume includes an articulation test, instructions for teaching every speech sound, practice pages and drills for every sound, over 600 picture cards, and dozens of practice games. You will find this to be a huge resource for helping your child correct his or her speech errors.
Ideal as either a stand-alone program for parents or as a supplement to professional speech therapy. The book is priced at less than the cost of one session of professional therapy!
Quotes About Super Star Speech: Speech Therapy Made Simple:
.... I have read whatever I can find on correct pronunciation of sounds, and Super Star Speech contains more helps than anything I've yet seen. Many suggestions are given, so if one method doesn't seem to produce results, there are many other approaches to try.....
There are very few speech therapy programs out there for the layman, and even many speech therapy websites are geared to the professional. Compared to what I have seen, this book is less expensive and more user friendly."
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Educational Insights Lip Sync by Learning Resources
"42 full-color cards that provide practice in auditory discrimination and articulation and awareness of how speech sounds are formed. Reinforcement of letter-sound relationships. "
More Info...
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
Chakra oppression/oppression of things we do that are natural by WLI (updated April 2015)
The compassion to Chakras is just to have some kind o visual to compare this to. What society says and how it tries to oppress and control natural urges and why THEY are wrong. SO many normal things that society,media and the medical field tells us is wrong.They link to either categories at my sites, my blog posts and sometimes outside sources.
We are controlled by words/ideas such as :
"willpower,"
"being/be in control of your own body by NOT eating too much, not having sex too much, having sex ENOUGH,etc." - even though we WERE until these people tried telling us we were not. They tell us this to do the opposite, so THEY can be in control of our body.
Society wants to mold us/you and control our bodies, thoughts and feelings. They want to banish out natural instincts and mold us into something that is all the same.
Many times, this is the cause to our depression, anxiety,etc. in which they conveniently provide pills,therapy and medications for us.
Churches try to recruit us, doctors try to give us meds to make us feel better,and the magazines and media try to tell us to obey them and get help for something we shouldn't need help with anyway. We get depressed because we are told what to eat, how may times a day to eat, how many times a day to have sex, how to have sex, how to feel, which feelings are "Validated" by society and what ways are wrong and which ways we eat, have feelings, and have sex are socially "acceptable"
"Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales." - Aleister Crowley (Brainy Quote)
**Some of the numbers are messed up, I'm not sure why I can't correct them.
-From Fat!So by Marilyn Wann
Crown
Throat
Solar Plexus
23.** Using the restroom is not a crime
24.**Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;' Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’
25.Chastity/Celibacy/ forced to be celibate/ wanting to be celibate
26.Pray the gay away - Conversion therapy. It is not illegal and there are doctors out there who actually think it is okay.
Root
Operant Conditioning - "sex /food is bad therefore don't do it and feel shame" (not the purpose of this, but that is why we feel like crap whenever we do something we love)
Classical conditioning "sex /food is bad therefore don't do it and feel shame" (not the purpose of this, but that is why we feel like crap whenever we do something we love) Sex feels good and food taste good;therefore, we do these things. It's psychology. Stop trying to change these natural things into shameful acts
8 Celebrities Arrested for Obscenity (and What It Was They Said or Did)
We are even shamed for what gender we identify with or what our body looks like at birth:
We are controlled by words/ideas such as :
"willpower,"
"being/be in control of your own body by NOT eating too much, not having sex too much, having sex ENOUGH,etc." - even though we WERE until these people tried telling us we were not. They tell us this to do the opposite, so THEY can be in control of our body.
Society wants to mold us/you and control our bodies, thoughts and feelings. They want to banish out natural instincts and mold us into something that is all the same.
Many times, this is the cause to our depression, anxiety,etc. in which they conveniently provide pills,therapy and medications for us.
Churches try to recruit us, doctors try to give us meds to make us feel better,and the magazines and media try to tell us to obey them and get help for something we shouldn't need help with anyway. We get depressed because we are told what to eat, how may times a day to eat, how many times a day to have sex, how to have sex, how to feel, which feelings are "Validated" by society and what ways are wrong and which ways we eat, have feelings, and have sex are socially "acceptable"
"Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales." - Aleister Crowley (Brainy Quote)
**Some of the numbers are messed up, I'm not sure why I can't correct them.
-From Fat!So by Marilyn WannCrown
- Stating Enthogens are evil, bad
- Medicating people with pharmaceutical drugs
- Medicating Women’s Feelings by Julie Holland from NY Times
- Electric Shock Therapy
- Lobotomy
Throat
- Communication Addiction Disorder
- A trait of narcissism is "talking too much"
- If you can't "sing correctly" you are told to not sing at all.
- Certain words are looked down upon
- The George Carlin 7 Dirty Words case
- The Lenny Bruce case
- Federal Communications Commission
- 2 Live Crew's 1990 arrest
- People arrested at protests (protesting is a "voice)
- Disorderly conduct (not talking about fighting, but swearing in a non-violent manner)
Heart
- Binge Eating Disorder (eat what you want, as long as it's healthy-of course :) -tells us we can’t eat a lot)
- Stop feeling guilty about binge eating WLI - blog post
- Diet industry
- "Fat isn't healthy" clams (you can be fat and healthy just eat whole foods and exercise whole minimizing stress-just like a person who is skinny *gasp* :O)
- Doctors prescribing Weight Loss Surgery for people who do not need it (for "preventive" reasons although the person is healthy. Instead of helping the person eat healthier and exercise more- numerous health professionals think the solution is weight loss when that is not always the case)
- If someone is overweight and suffers from Body Dysmorphia, numerous times (although, not all) they are told to "lose weight" instead of being taught to accept their body.
- In praise of appetites - from Fat!So?
- WLS /Weight Loss drugs (these are horrible,evil and bad)
- Fat, so! by Marilyn Wann-talks about dangers of Bariatric surgery/Diet drugs/etc.
- Marshals Seize Company's Illegal Diet Supplements
- Patient Awarded $4.25M after Botched Gastric Surgery at Army Hospital "Surgeons claim fat people won't live to see our children grow up without stomach amputation. Keep this woman's tragic story in mind whenever you hear these lies. Also: She weighed 189 pounds when they cut nearly all her stomach off." Marilyn Wann
- Gran warns she wishes she'd not had gastric bypass as surgery figures hit four-year high (From Herald Series)
- Sex & Food “addiction” - Who says how much is “too much” of something that is natural. That is like saying we have a certain amount of air we can breathe.
- Stop feeling guilty about binge eating WLI - blog post
- Fast, Feast, and Flesh: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Caroline Walker Bynum
- Orthorexia (tells us we can’t eat whole foods. Because not wanting to eat chemical filled foods that are known and have been proven to cause cancer and other diseases is a “disorder”, right?)
- How people are now shamed for not eating a lot of food (not talking about anorexia) and for watching their calories and being a calorie watcher. If I want to be a certain weight that should be okay, stop food and body policing.
- Food policing:
- Pressure to lose weight
- Scumbag Diet Products by WLI
- **Mom says daughter died from taking diet pills | HLNtv.com - they literally burned her from the inside out
- Fat shaming surivial series by WLI: Can Be found @ Chunkealthy Life
- Sex & Food Oppression (simple version) - by WLI
- Dieting vs Sexual Abstinence by WLI
- Food Lover Spectrum/Chart by WLI
- Is extreme medical weight loss tactics a form of aversion therapy? by WLI
- How food and sex are similar series by WLI: Can be found @ Chunkealthy Life
- “She told me my back pain was because I had weight in my belly and I needed to go to a nutritionist to lose my belly weight,” Rahm recalled in an interview Thursday. Because she was normal weight, 5 feet 4 and 125 pounds, Rahm was surprised at the diagnosis. She visited the nutritionist, tried acupuncture and yoga, but the pain only got worse." - Kaiser ordered to pay woman more than $28 million
- "the belly is the home of the second chakra: Svadhisthana, or ‘Sweetness’. This chakra, one of the three ‘root’ chakras is related to the emotions, water and sexuality. It helps us connect to others through our feelings, desires and sensations, brings us fluidity and grace, depth of feeling, sexual fulfillment and ability to accept change!" Write a Love Letter to Your Sweet Belly @ Zoe Waggoner
- Slut shaming - shaming someone for having sex a lot even though he or she is safe about it.
- Sex Addiction
- "Provocative" is seen as a symptom of Histrionic Personality Disorder which could be seen as trying to oppress sexual desires and openness (not HPD, but some of the "symptoms")
- Asexuality /grey-A labeled as a disorder - Hypoactive sexual desire disorder “cure” (tells us we have to have sex that simply not feeling attracted to others is “bad” and that we must want sex)
- Avoidant detachment style
- Celibacy - when seen as bad, wrong, or negative
- Mae West's play she wrote and stared in called Sex was controversial
- Playboy controversy
- The decision to Circumcision
- Female genital mutilation
- You can be arrested /shamed for breast feeding a child
- Indecent exposure
- My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday was controversial because it was seen as uncommon for women to have sexual fantasies.
- Trying to treat fetishes/ paraphilias (not talking about pedophilia,actual rape or actual murder....)
- BDSM is seen as a mental illness (Sadistic personality disorder)or the result of a mental illness, when the opposite is true.
- People into BDSM no longer considered mentally ill.
- BDSM, Personality and Mental Health BDSM practitioners prefer roles that fit their personalities
16. This article: Psychology & BDSM: Pathology or Individual Difference? makes amazingly great points about sexual oppression
17. Gay to straight therapies ("Conversion therapy")
18. Hypersexuality (tells us we shouldn’t have sex a lot):
17. Gay to straight therapies ("Conversion therapy")
18. Hypersexuality (tells us we shouldn’t have sex a lot):
19. Persistent genital arousal disorder (this is negative, as PGAD can actually cause a person to want to commit suicide as arousal is very unwanted )
20. If a person identifies as Transgender, he or she may be diagnosed with Body Dysmorphic Disorder or even Borderline Personality Disorder / Histronic Personality Disorder by older, traditional people who still believe this is a mental illness. Some believe this is abnormal and needs to he individual needs to be "fixed" mentally. They believe it is a disorder and people who "suffer" from it are dysfunctional and need to "overcome" it. Wanting to be the opposite gender and personality disorder are two completely different things. A person who identifies as the opposite sex he or she was born with has nothing to do with a personality disorder or a mental illness.
21. We are told lies about how masturbation is wrong - 9 Lies About Masturbation We Need to Stop Spreading Immediately
22.Sigmund Freud has stated numerous ideas that could be used to oppress a person’s (especially women’s) sexuality.
20. If a person identifies as Transgender, he or she may be diagnosed with Body Dysmorphic Disorder or even Borderline Personality Disorder / Histronic Personality Disorder by older, traditional people who still believe this is a mental illness. Some believe this is abnormal and needs to he individual needs to be "fixed" mentally. They believe it is a disorder and people who "suffer" from it are dysfunctional and need to "overcome" it. Wanting to be the opposite gender and personality disorder are two completely different things. A person who identifies as the opposite sex he or she was born with has nothing to do with a personality disorder or a mental illness.
21. We are told lies about how masturbation is wrong - 9 Lies About Masturbation We Need to Stop Spreading Immediately
22.Sigmund Freud has stated numerous ideas that could be used to oppress a person’s (especially women’s) sexuality.
23.** Using the restroom is not a crime
24.**Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;' Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’
25.Chastity/Celibacy/ forced to be celibate/ wanting to be celibate
26.Pray the gay away - Conversion therapy. It is not illegal and there are doctors out there who actually think it is okay.
- Bill Maher Talks To Ex-Gay Pastor John Westcott - this guy sounds stupid.
- Stephen Fry meets an ex-gay therapist - how stupid these “ex-gay” people sound.
- "Dr." Kenneth Zucker
- The actual term "Gender Identity DISORDER" I know it's a "medical" term but it still makes me mad because it implies that cisgender is "correct" and transgender is a "disorder" and is "wrong" so when they go through their transition it is to "fix" something because ONLY cisgender is "right."
30.“Sexual Dysfunctions” - which are usually curable by practicing tantric sex and being open and communicating with your partner, or herbs (maca powder is a GREAT alternative to Viagra) Links to my site's category with great ways to help you out if you suffer from this.
31. How food and sex are similar series by WLI: Can be found @ Chunkealthy LifeRoot
- A man was arrested for trying to feed the homeless
- You can be arrested for giving out food
- You can be arrested for growing food
- You can be arrested for plants (Gingsing)
Operant Conditioning - "sex /food is bad therefore don't do it and feel shame" (not the purpose of this, but that is why we feel like crap whenever we do something we love)
- Skinner - Operant Conditioning by Saul McLeod
- Operant Conditioning How Reinforcement and Punishment Modify Behavior By Kendra Cherry
- An Introduction to Operant (Instrumental) Conditioning Citation: Huitt, W., & Hummel, J. (1997)
- @Learning Theories
Classical conditioning "sex /food is bad therefore don't do it and feel shame" (not the purpose of this, but that is why we feel like crap whenever we do something we love) Sex feels good and food taste good;therefore, we do these things. It's psychology. Stop trying to change these natural things into shameful acts
- Classical Conditioning by Saul McLeod @ Simply Psychology
- Classical Conditioning How It Works and a Few Examples of It In Action By Kendra Cherry
- Classical Conditioning @ Study (dot) com
- Classical Conditioning @ Psychology World
- @Learning Theories
8 Celebrities Arrested for Obscenity (and What It Was They Said or Did)
We are even shamed for what gender we identify with or what our body looks like at birth:
- and many other normal things that society and the medical field tells us is wrong
William James founded of addiction services which is okay, but it also created a path other “addiction” groups like overeaters anonymous and other food and sex addiction groups)
Deepika Padukone – "My Choice" Directed By Homi Adajania - Vogue Empower
Kyriarchy
- Kyriarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyriarchy 101: We’re Not Just Fighting the Patriarchy Anymore — Everyday Feminism
Kyriarchy - Geek Feminism Wiki - Wikia
The patriarchy is dead ... but the kyriarchy lives on | Nichi Hodgson | Opinion | The Guardian
Deeply Problematic: Why I use that word that I use: Kyriarchy, kyriarchal, and why not patriarchy
Kyriarchy - SJWiki
Monday, November 24, 2014
Phonetics and Phonology @ CSUN
"Humans have a complex system of using sounds to produce language. The study of linguistic sounds is called Phonetics. Phonology is the study of systems of sounds, often the sound system of a particular language.
Phonetics
Linguistic sounds are produced by pushing air from the lungs out through the mouth, sometimes by way of the nasal cavity. The movement of the air can then be manipulated by the anatomy of the mouth and throat to produce different sounds. In actual writing, the same sound may often be spelt different ways.
For instance, George Bernard Shaw once pointed out that the word fish could as easily be spelt ghoti,
since gh has the same sound in enough, o has the same sound in women, and ti has the same sound in
nation. This makes sounds very hard to study without a more precise indication of what sounds we are referring to. The solution is to adopt a phonetic alphabet which always has the same spelling for the same sound. Linguists use phonetic alphabet called the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). In the IPA, the word fish would be spelt [fˆß].
Many IPA letters are the same as those of the English alphabet, so we place IPA spellings in square brackets to indicate that they are phonetic spellings. Note that many dictionaries give phonetic spellings as pronunciation guides, but not all dictionaries use the IPA. Likewise, the system of Phonics does not use the IPA. When looking at phonetic spellings, make sure you know what system you are using. Note also that linguists in the United States do not always follow the accepted international standard. For instance, most linguists in the United States would transcribe fish as [fˆš]. The individual differences will be described under the section on Phonology below.
Consonants
Consonants are produced by restricting and then releasing the flow of air in three ways: vibrating the
vocal cords, changing the part of the anatomy which restricts the air flow, and changing the extent to
which the air flow is restricted. Consonants with relatively little vibration of the vocal cords are called
voiceless consonants. Consonants with relatively more vibration of the vocal cords are called voiced.
Consonants fall into the following categories, depending on what part of the anatomy is used to restrict the air flow:
Phonetics
Linguistic sounds are produced by pushing air from the lungs out through the mouth, sometimes by way of the nasal cavity. The movement of the air can then be manipulated by the anatomy of the mouth and throat to produce different sounds. In actual writing, the same sound may often be spelt different ways.
For instance, George Bernard Shaw once pointed out that the word fish could as easily be spelt ghoti,
since gh has the same sound in enough, o has the same sound in women, and ti has the same sound in
nation. This makes sounds very hard to study without a more precise indication of what sounds we are referring to. The solution is to adopt a phonetic alphabet which always has the same spelling for the same sound. Linguists use phonetic alphabet called the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). In the IPA, the word fish would be spelt [fˆß].
Many IPA letters are the same as those of the English alphabet, so we place IPA spellings in square brackets to indicate that they are phonetic spellings. Note that many dictionaries give phonetic spellings as pronunciation guides, but not all dictionaries use the IPA. Likewise, the system of Phonics does not use the IPA. When looking at phonetic spellings, make sure you know what system you are using. Note also that linguists in the United States do not always follow the accepted international standard. For instance, most linguists in the United States would transcribe fish as [fˆš]. The individual differences will be described under the section on Phonology below.
Consonants
Consonants are produced by restricting and then releasing the flow of air in three ways: vibrating the
vocal cords, changing the part of the anatomy which restricts the air flow, and changing the extent to
which the air flow is restricted. Consonants with relatively little vibration of the vocal cords are called
voiceless consonants. Consonants with relatively more vibration of the vocal cords are called voiced.
Consonants fall into the following categories, depending on what part of the anatomy is used to restrict the air flow:
- Labial Air flow is restricted with the lips.
- Dental Air flow is restricted with the teeth.
Phonetics For Dummies by William F. Katz
"The clear and easy way to understand the science behind speech Phonetics is the scientific study of speech sounds, and deals with how people produce speech and hear specific speech features. Phonetics is a required course for all speech language pathologists and linguists, and is also taken by students of English, Language teaching, Theatre, Voice Acting, Telecommunication, and Forensics. Phonetics For Dummies covers everything students need to succeed in this challenging course.From the real-world applications of phonetics to how speech is produced, Phonetics For Dummies quickly brings you up to speed on all aspects of the subject, ensuring a high level of mastery on exam day. Tracks to a typical introductory phonetics class at the university/college level Bonus content on Dummies.com provides instructional videos and quizzes Helps you score your highest in your phonetics class If you're a language, linguistics, or speech pathology student undertaking an introductory phonetics course at the university level, Phonetics For Dummies has everything you need to score high."
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
MarcusLittle speech therapy notes
Received in a newsletter!
Great advice and worth the read to help with speech. If you have an impediment,or not everyone can practice their speech.
Marcus Little's Speech TherapyNotes
Great advice and worth the read to help with speech. If you have an impediment,or not everyone can practice their speech.
Marcus Little's Speech TherapyNotes
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Master Spoken English
"Speech Training specializing in accent modification and spoken English fluency training."
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Speech-Language Therapy
“Speech Disorders and Language Disorders
A speech disorder refers to a problem with the actual production of sounds, whereas a language disorder refers to a difficulty understanding or putting words together to communicate ideas.
Speech disorders include:
Language disorders can be either receptive or expressive:
“Remediation
In speech-language therapy, an SLP will work with a child one-on-one, in a small group, or directly in a classroom to overcome difficulties involved with a specific disorder.
Therapists use a variety of strategies, including:
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@KidsHealth
A speech disorder refers to a problem with the actual production of sounds, whereas a language disorder refers to a difficulty understanding or putting words together to communicate ideas.
Speech disorders include:
- 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, repetitions (st-st-stuttering), or prolonging sounds and syllables (ssssstuttering).
- 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.
- Dysphagia/oral feeding disorders: these include difficulties with drooling, eating, and swallowing.
Language disorders can be either receptive or expressive:
- Receptive disorders: difficulties understanding or processing language.
- Expressive disorders: difficulty putting words together, limited vocabulary, or inability to use language in a socially appropriate way.”
“Remediation
In speech-language therapy, an SLP will work with a child one-on-one, in a small group, or directly in a classroom to overcome difficulties involved with a specific disorder.
Therapists use a variety of strategies, including:
- Language intervention activities: The SLP will interact with a child by playing and talking, using pictures, books, objects, or ongoing events to stimulate language development. The therapist may also model correct pronunciation and use repetition exercises to build speech and language skills.
- Articulation therapy: Articulation, or sound production, exercises involve having the therapist model correct sounds and syllables for a child, often during play activities. The level of play is age-appropriate and related to the child's specific needs. The SLP will physically show the child how to make certain sounds, such as the "r" sound, and may demonstrate how to move the tongue to produce specific sounds.
- Oral-motor/feeding and swallowing therapy: The SLP will use a variety of oral exercises — including facial massage and various tongue, lip, and jaw exercises — to strengthen the muscles of the mouth. The SLP also may work with different food textures and temperatures to increase a child's oral awareness during eating and swallowing.”
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