In most cases where children require speech or language therapy, parents are a very important – if not the most important – part of their child’s path to improvement. There are specific programs that are developed with parents in mind as “therapists.” In these programs, the Speech-Language Pathologist teaches strategies directly to parents so that
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In my experience, most people who receive supplementary benefits through their employer(s) have coverage for Speech-Language Pathology. Two types of coverage exist. In some cases, Speech-Language Pathology services are covered under the umbrella heading of “Licensed” and/or “Registered” health care practitioner. In our Ontario, “Speech-Language Pathologist” is a protected title that can be held only
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In my practice, both in the private and public sectors, I have come across an alarming number of parents/caregivers who have elected to wait to see if their child’s language development will eventually “catch up” on its own. They do this for a variety of reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is because someone
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Nope. A child with no apparent difficulties speaking can still have difficulties with language. There are two general components to language: expression and understanding (please see the Education tab above for a more detailed explanation of speech vs. language). Of course, the way we express ourselves is visible to others, and we can do this
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There are several things that a primary healthcare professional does to examine a child’s development, in addition to playing/interacting with the child. Parents are asked questions about broad areas of development. These areas are usually communication, thinking/problem-solving, social skills, and movement/co-ordination of small and large parts of the body. Asking about these areas is part of
read moreNope. Not at all. In fact, a large proportion of Speech-Language Pathologists work with adults. And when I say adults, I mean young adults to senior adults in their 90s and beyond. The settings we work in also vary widely. In hospitals, our expertise is needed in all stages of care, from the ICU to
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“Stuttering” is a disruption in the fluency – or smoothness – of speech. The word “stammering” is used in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world to describe the same behaviours. The technical term for it is dysfluency. Dysfluency may appear in several forms (listed below). Each can occur on its own or
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Speech-Language Pathologists have now made the top-10 list of the best jobs in North America for at least 3 years. We love our jobs, and it shows in our work! Check out this link for details: http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2014/04/15/best-jobs-of-2014-congratulations-mathematicians/?mod=e2fb
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Nope. One of the primary misconceptions of the work a speech-language pathologist does comes form the first word in our professional title: “speech.” When many people think of speech, they often associate it with the way we pronounce words. Many then make the link to children that are learning to speak and the way they
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Simply put, a language disorder is a problem in the use or understanding of language in any modality. A “modality” is the way in which language is communicated, whether spoken, signed, written, etc. A language disorder can affect anybody from any age-group. It can be present in the 5 year-old who’s sentence grammar is off
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