HAYMARKET SPEECH THERAPY

1. HAYMARKET SPEECH THERAPY Identifying Speech and Language Disorders in Pre-School Children Haymarket Speech

2. Agenda Haymarket Speech • Defining Language Disorders • Defining Speech Disorders • Identifying speech and language disorders in the preschool population • When to refer to a Speech Language Pathologist

3. Haymarket Speech Therapy Haymarket Speech • Who Am I? • Amy Wade, M.Ed. CCC-SLP • Masters degree of Education in Communication Sciences and Disorders • ASHA certified and licensed in VA. Since 2000 • Experience- Schools and Private Practice

4. Services Haymarket Speech • Individual speech language therapy • Setting- Daycares, Preschools, Home setting • Parent Education • Free Individual Screenings • Consulting with client’s teacher or other professionals

5. Defining Language Disorders Haymarket Speech • Receptive Language Disorders - Difficulty understanding spoken, written, or non-verbal language • Difficulties understanding: • Gestures • Facial affect

6. Defining Language Disorders Haymarket Speech • Receptive Language • Difficulty understanding: • Questions • Asking questions • Identifying objects and pictures • Following simple directions

7. Defining Language Disorders Haymarket Speech • Receptive Language • Difficulty understanding: • Appearing to not hear when spoken to • Poor memory for vocabulary • Difficulty attaching labels or words

8. Defining Speech Disorders Haymarket Speech • Expressive Language Disorders-Difficulty expressing one’s wants, needs, thoughts • Difficulty: • Labeling Items • Asking questions • Communicating below age expectations

9. Defining Speech Disorders Haymarket Speech • Putting words together in sentences • Using pronouns correctly • Having age appropriate conversations

10. Defining Speech Disorders Haymarket Speech • Speech Disorders • Articulation • Phonological • Apraxia of Speech • Dysarthria • Fluency

11. Defining Speech Disorders Haymarket Speech Articulation Disorders: Substituting one sound for another, e.g. wabbit/ rabbit • Refer to age appropriate norms • How many different articulation errors? • How prevalent are the errors in speech?

12. Defining Speech Disorders Haymarket Speech Phonological Disorders: Substituting whole groups of sounds for another • Considered a language based speech disorder • Associated with later reading problems • Speech can be very unintelligible

13. Defining Speech Disorders Haymarket Speech Dysarthria: Speech errors due to muscle weakness/ low tone, or paralysis • Therapy focuses on increasing muscle tone and endurance

14. Defining Speech Disorders Haymarket Speech Apraxia of Speech: Speech errors are due to a breakdown from the message in the brain to the coordination of speech movements, not due to muscle weakness • Often a lack of babbling as a baby • Limited consonants, vowel distortions • Speech deteriorates with length and complexity

15. Defining Speech Disorders Haymarket Speech Fluency Disorders: Stuttering; the flow of speech is interrupted • Initial syllable and initial word repetitions • Prolongations • Blocks • Developmental vs. Long term stuttering

16. Is It a Delay or a Disorder? Haymarket Speech • Speech or Language Delay: Child learns at a normal, but slower pace.

17. Is It a Delay or a Disorder? Haymarket Speech • Speech or Language Disorder: Child’s skills are not age appropriate and they are significantly affected either socially, emotionally, or educationally. • Can family and teachers understand the child? • Is the child frustrated and shutting down?

18. References Haymarket Speech • www.apraxia-kids.org • www.stutteringhelp.org • www.asha.org

19. Questions? haymarketspeech@gmail.com www.haymarketspeech.com Haymarket Speech