How can parents help with their child that has a speech disorder?

Question

I have to do a report on Speech disorders and I have to talk about how parents can help. Please give me a website that will have the answer or just simply tell me accuratly. I need to know A.S.A.P.

Answer 1

Take thier child to a speech therapist.

Answer 2

Parents of school age children can ask in writing for a speech evaluation. In WV, that is done automatically once a year, plus additionally if parent requests. Any problems found are cause for an SAT(student assistance team) meeting which includes parent, administrator, counselor, speech, and teacher. Recommendations are given and parents have input and then you go from there.
In WV, you can also have you child screen by the preschool special needs department of the schools, if they have a contributing medical condition.
A parent who has insurance can also have their pediatrician refer them for a speech evaluation outside of the school. Often if a pediatrician does this it is done in conjunction with a hearing eval to make sure that there are no hearing problems contributing to any speech problems.

Many times speech problems are "appropriate for age" meaning that it is a common problem in a specific age group and won't be acted upon until the child is supposed to be developementally beyond that age group where the problem most commonly occurs.

Answer 3

Your topic is too broad of a subject. There are many types and causes of speech disorders and no one list of parental interventions would be appropriate for every child. The best awnser to give you for your paper would be that the parents should seek speech therapy for their child and ask the therapist for a list of things to practice with their child and specific interventions geared toward the childs particular problem. Good luck with your paper.

Answer 4

thats a very touchy subject. i grew up with a speech disorder, and the only advice that i have is that parents should treat their kids the same, and take some time to listen to what they have to say.

Answer 5

http://healthnewsdigest.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=12&num=3787&printer=1

Speech and language development is critically important in the overall development of a child. It is the most important basic skill. Help your child develop good speech and language skills by using the following suggestions:

Use clear speech when talking to your child, and be a good listener when he talks to you.
Praise your child for good speech and language. Make talking pleasurable without pressure.
Be patient if your child's speech is not perfect. Impatience may cause him to become self-conscious and to avoid speaking.
Do not constantly criticize or correct your child's speech, and do not allow others to do so either.
Give your child a chance to get what he wants by using speech. Do not respond too quickly to gestures that the child uses in place of speech.
Play with sounds. Take turns copying each other's sounds. Make sounds that resemble the noises made by playthings and animals.
Play games to help your child gain motor control of his tongue. Have him move his tongue quickly from side to side, use it to try to touch his nose and his chin, stick it in and out quickly, blow "raspberries". . .
Demonstrate sounds. Have your child look in a mirror as he tries to make his sounds like you do.
Point out the sounds in words. Let your child listen and watch you say words containing specific sounds. It's alright to exaggerate the sounds at first.
Choose one sound at a time to target. Don't try to correct all of your child's speech sound errors at once.
Begin practicing with sounds that are easier to produce. Those sounds are the ones that can be easily copied because their place and manner of production are easy to see and/or feel (p, b, m, f, n . . .)

Pick short periods of time to work on improvements. Your child should consider the practice to be "play", not "work".
Don't assume that your child can make corrections if he just tries harder. Bad habits may be hard to break.
Don't expect quick results. Put a lot of emphasis on "ear training" so that your child can hear the differences among sounds when others say them, and eventually when he says them.
Build up your child's listening and speaking vocabulary. Tell or read him stories. Introduce many new words in every available environment, and explain words that are used that he doesn't understand.
Provide as many experiences as possible for your child so that he has many things he can talk about, and so that he learns new vocabulary with each experience.
Have your child describe pictures in books/magazines. Point out and name additional objects, actions, and describing words.
Encourage your child to learn nursery rhymes, short poems, and songs.
Encourage your child to talk. Have him tell stories and explain things he's done. Show interest in what he says.
Train your child to understand and remember spoken directions by giving him one-step commands at first, and progressing toward a series of directions.

Answer 6

My brother has a speech inpediment which means he cant speek properly and that he cant pronounse things properly! We all help him pronounce his words. He also goes to a speech pherapist

Answer 7

Stay possitive maybe the child can improve, ive seen everything!

Answer 8

i had one. There are theripist everywhere just look areound and ask people you know. Also the phone book helps if you have not tried that already.

Answer 9

Search www.asha.org or search for Caroline Bowen

Answer 10

sign language?