Information about children’s speech pathology
Some children are born with disorders that are known to affect childhood development and these disorders are often diagnosed at birth. Early intervention services can improve the outcome for children with developmental delay. These articles provide general information about the services we offer including early childhood intervention. We can help children to achieve growth milestones in speech and communication. If you require speech therapy for children make an appointment to see one of our speech pathologists. Contact us today!
Child Speech Pathology
Speech disorders are common among children and can be a result of a variety of causes. It is important to be aware of average comprehension and production of words for specific age groups.If you are concerned, a Sydney speech therapist can perform diagnostic tests to determine whether or not any problems exist.
Children’s Language
Children begin to learn language from birth. As with most skills, children develop language at different rates. A variety of causes may lead to difficulties with language development. A Speech Pathologist is trained to assess, support and provide intervention for children with language difficulties.
Children’s Learning Difficulties
Early intervention services in Sydney improve the outcome for children struggling with developmental delays or disorders. Early intervention is important for giving the child the boost he or she needs for developing important communication, physical, cognitive, social or emotional skills.
Children’s Speech Therapy
Speech language disorders are a problem that effects between five to ten percent of children in Sydney. An undiagnosed speech disorder can lead to a child that shies away from communicating, and therefore does not develop valuable social skills or get a full education.
Correctly Identify Sounds in Speech
Phonological awareness skills are the skills needed to be able to identify, isolate, and use specific sounds and phonemes in speech. Speech pathologists work to help your children develop phonological skills that will help them learn to dissect and manipulate sounds and syllables, and how to spell and read new words.
Combatting Language Disorders in Children
Child language development generally follows a regular pattern across children. If your child is shows any signs to indicate that he or she is having trouble understanding language or expressing him-/her-self through verbal or non-verbal communication, you should reach out to a speech pathologist.
Delayed Language or Speech Development in Children
Many parents become alarmed when the speaking skills of their children fall behind those of the child’s peers. A Sydney speech pathologist will be able to put your mind at ease by performing diagnostic tests that will determine whether your child has a speech language impairment.
Encouraging Speech and Language Skills in Children
Early language skills begin at birth through everyday interactions. Early language development tends to develop at a relatively similar pace for children of the same age. If a child is falling far behind on age-appropriate language milestones, a Sydney speech language pathologist can help.
Feeding Difficulties
Feeding difficulties are a common problem in children. Children’s speech therapy uses a variety of techniques to correct the problem depending on the underlying cause. Swallowing disorders, also known as dysphagia, can be addressed through speech therapy swallowing treatment.
Growth Milestones for Child Development
Growth milestones will provide a general guideline that will help you to determine whether or not your child is moving along properly with their developmental process. A speech pathologist can help you to monitor and improve your child’s speech and language development.
How to Tell if Your Childs Language Skills Are on Track
If you find that your child has not mastered the majority of the language skills that are appropriate for their age, a Sydney practitioner who specializes in child language development will be able to provide professional diagnostic tests to determine whether underlying health issues are causing the problem.
Literacy For Children
Literacy refers to the ability to read and write coherently and think critically about what has been read or written. Literacy development involves the ability to understand the importance and relevance of speech sounds, spelling patterns, word meaning, grammar and word formation when reading.
Kids Speech Therapy
There are some medical conditions that present numerous obstacles when it comes to developing proper social skills. A developmental pathologist can help parents work with children who lack intra-personal skills whether the root cause is an emotional or behavioral disorder, or any other reason.
Phonological Disorders
Phonological disorders occur when an individual develops incorrect sound patterns in his or her speech. If the patterns persist, phonological disorder therapy may be necessary. During phonological disorder therapy, patients learn how to correctly form specific sounds and use them appropriately.
Pragmatic Language Impairment
Pragmatic language impairment (PLI) is an impairment in understanding pragmatic areas of language. PLI is a diagnosis given to children who have difficulties with putting language into proper context and function. Speech language pathology assists children with PLI to improve their pragmatic skills.
Preschool Children Communication Skills
Many parents believe that all they need to do is enroll their children in a preschool where they will interact with children will be enough to develop positive social skills, but there are actions that the parents should take at home to reinforce social development.
Preschool Speech Therapy
Preschool is a very important time in a child’s development. Preschool language lessons will help this vocabulary expand vastly and the child will begin to learn speech skills that will build the foundation for their language comprehension throughout their educational career.
Signs That You Should Seek Language Support for Your Child
All children make mistakes here and there as they fumble their way to an understanding of language and speech. It can be difficult to know exactly when you should reach out for professional language support for your growing child. The best way to be sure is to monitor your child’s language progress closely.
Speech Development
As children develop, their speech slowly becomes clearer. Speech refers to the ability to articulate and produce individual sounds. Although the development of sounds may vary between children, there is a general pattern to which sounds are acquired.
Speech Delay Reversed
Many children have disorders that compromise their ability of developing proper language development. Speech language pathologists are able to use diagnostic tests to get to the root of the problem, and to then devise a treatment plan based on the diagnosis.
Stuttering and Fluency Disorders
Fluency disorders, otherwise known as stuttering, affect both children and adults. Stuttering is also referred to as stammering in certain parts of the world such as the UK. Stuttering is a disorder that affects co-ordination and control of speech movements
Typical Child Speech Development
Children follow a natural progression or timetable for mastering the skills of language. These milestones help doctors and other health professionals determine if a child is on track or if he or she may need extra help.
Results focused speech therapy
ENT Clinic have created comprehensive speech pathology resources, that together with our speech pathologists consultation, can be used to create a customised treatment plan. This will ensure that you will experience results focused, effective speech therapy!
Contact us for speech therapy in Sydney
To ensure that your speech therapy requirements are met and to create a plan that will be manageable and enjoyable (even for those clients with special needs) contact us for speech pathology. Call 1300 123 368 for an appointment with one of our experienced speech pathologists. Remember good results can start today!
