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Education & Therapy Associates

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Speech Therapy

Learning Difficulties

Parent Education

Having our verbal messages understood is the basis of speech. Likewise, making the sounds of our language clearly is crucial for communication. Younger children may make errors in their sounds; these are normally outgrown by a specific age range. At times, these speech skills do not evolve as expected and therapy might be indicated.

Since most academic learning is language-based, children with language problems are at high risk for learning disabilities. However, early treatment of language weaknesses can frequently mitigate or even prevent life-long learning problems. In addition to diminishing the core learning weaknesses, good therapy can also teach compensation strategies.

Parent education is a critical adjunct to any good therapy program. As a therapist, I spend 2 or 3 hours per week with a child, but parents have the luxury of interacting many more hours with their children. This time-even the informal interaction time-can be used to reinforce good speech or language-learning habits.