Our Speech and Language therapy focus on Receptive Language ( ability to understand and process words spoken to you) and Expressive Language ( ability to use and express to yourself) Also deals with mechanics of producing words, such as articulation, pitch, fluency and volume. Adults may need Speech Therapy after stroke / traumatic brain injury. A For children it helps with language.
Speech Language Therapist will work to find fun activities to strengthen the child’s area of weakness for mechanics. Might involve some exercises to strengthen the oral structures (tongue, lips) in order to facilitate blowing, licking etc., for long. This might involve games to stimulate word retrieval, comprehension or conversation by using techniques such as modeling parallel talk, semantic cueing, self talk etc.
