Tutoring - Speech Pathology:

Speech therapy addresses issues of articulation, language, voice, resonance, fluency, and feeding and swallowing dysfunction. Eye contact is essential for children to absorb. Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. These delays and disorders range from simple sound substitutions to the inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech and feeding. A child's communication is considered delayed when the child is noticeably behind his or her peers in the acquisition of speech and/or language skills.

Sometimes a child will have greater receptive (understanding) than expressive (speaking) language skills, but this is not always the case. A language disorder is an impairment in the ability to understand and/or use words in context, both verbally and nonverbally. Some characteristics of language disorders include improper use of words and their meanings, inability to express ideas, inappropriate grammatical patterns, reduced vocabulary and inability to follow directions. One or a combination of these characteristics may occur in children who are affected by language learning

disabilities or developmental language delay. Children may hear or see a word but not be able to understand its meaning. Through a variety of activities and manipulatives we can make learning fun for each child.

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