Speech therapist

Speech therapy of students.
Creating an inclusive school

1. MAHARAJA SURAJMAL INSTITUTE
Affiliated to GGSIPU

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAMME
2017-2019
COURSE TITLE: CREATING AN INCLUSIVE SCHOOL.
COURSE CODE: BED218
TOPIC : SPEECH THERAPIST (Unit 3.6)

STUDENT DETAILS :
NAME : Tiru goel
ENROL. NO. : 07314902117
CLASS : B.Ed Section – B
SEMESTER : Fourth

2. SCHOOL’S PREPAREDNESS FOR INCLUSION :
What is SPEECH THERAPY:
Speech therapy is a service that focuses on improving a child's
speech and abilities to understand and express language, including
nonverbal language. Speech therapists, or speech and language
pathologists (SLPs), are the professionals who provide these
services.
Speech therapy includes two components: 1) Coordinating the
mouth to produce sounds to form words and sentences (to address
fluency and voice volume regulation); and 2) Understanding and
expressing language (to address the use of language through
written, pictorial, body, and sign forms, and the use of language
through alternative communication systems such as social media,
computers ).

Types of Speech disorders:
 Articulation problems: Not speaking clearly and making errors in
sounds.
 Fluency problems: Trouble with the flow of speech, such as
stuttering.
 Voice problems: Trouble with voice pitch, volume and quality.
 Oral feeding problems: Difficulty with eating and swallowing
 Receptive language problems: Trouble understanding language.

3.  Expressive language problems: Trouble speaking or expressing
language.
 Pragmatic language problems: Trouble using language in socially
appropriate ways.
 Communicational disorders : Stammering , Autism or Hyperactivity
 Augmentative and Alternative communication (AAC) : Where
traditional speech is not possible , this is used as a bridge to speech

Other children with whom Speech therapist works :
 Mild or severe learning difficulties
 Physical disabilities
 Language delay
 Specific language impairment

SPEECH THERAPIST :
 A person who specializes in the diagnostic procedures , evaluation
techniques , assessment tools related to different communicative
disorders .
 Speech therapist may assist relevant specialists by providing their
patients with remedies that can help a person produce more
intelligent speech to more normal vocal sound production and
more efficient trauma-free voice production.
 Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) provide a wide range of
services, mainly on an individual basis, but also as support for

4. individuals, families, support groups, and providing information
for the general public.
 SLPs work to prevent, assess, diagnose and treat speech,
language, social communication, cognitive-communication and
swallowing disorders in children and adults.
 Speech services begin with initial screening for communication
and continue with assessment and diagnosis, consultation for the
provision of advice regarding management, intervention, and
treatment, and providing counseling and other follow up services
for these disorders.
 Speech and language pathologists work with children who have
difficulty reading the cues from the social world, interpreting
others, and using words and body language to communicate
effectively and develop friendships.

Every inclusive school needs a SLP who supports
communication skills needed for students with
disabilities. SLP’s may work both inside and outside
classroom or according to IEP-Individualized education
plan.
These supports may include practicing the verbal
production of sounds and developing written language.

STRATEGIES USED BY SLP’S :
 Language intervention activities: These activities build skills in a
variety of ways, including modeling and giving kids feedback. The

5. therapist might use pictures and books or play-based therapy. She
may also use language drills to practice skills.
 Articulation therapy: The SLP models the sounds the child has
difficulty with. This might include demonstrating how to move the
tongue to create specific sounds.
 Feeding and swallowing therapy: The SLP teaches the child exercises
to strengthen the muscles of the mouth. This might include facial
massage and various tongue, lip and jaw exercises. She might also
use different food textures to encourage awareness during eating
and swallowing.

SPEECH THERAPY AT SCHOOL :
SLPs are readily available in public schools to evaluate and provide
treatment. Parents may opt for private speech therapy offered in a
clinical setting or have their child join a social skills training group.
Ask the school guidance counselor or family physician to
recommend a program with children of similar ages and
developmental needs to your child's. Some schools even a maintain
a website for the same which provides information about what ages
children typically develop language skills, track record of students
taking speech therapy in school and progress. This information helps
parents who suspect that their child has a language delay
understand when to seek professional help.

Benefits of Speech Therapy :
 Speech therapy can help kids learn to speak more clearly. This
helps them feel more confident and less frustrated about

6. speaking to others. Kids who have language issues can benefit
socially, emotionally and academically from speech therapy.

 For kids with reading issues such as dyslexia, speech therapy can
help them hear and distinguish specific sounds in words: the
word bat breaks down into b, a, and t sounds. This can
improve reading comprehension skills and encourage kids to read.

 Speech therapy is especially beneficial when kids begin early in
life. In one study, 70 percent of preschool kids with language
issues who went through speech therapy showed improvement in
language skills.

 The therapist should give you and your child strategies to deal
with obstacles more effectively. She will likely to give you
activities to practice at home to reinforce the skills your child is
learning. Kids who make the most progress tend to be those
whose get involved in their treatment.
It’s important that the speech therapist and your child are a good
match. The speech therapist should have experience working with kids
with your child’s specific issue. Speech therapy is just one way to help a
child with learning issues related to language and speech. For more
ideas, consider other special services.

Key Takeaways :

 Speech therapy isn’t a quick fix. It takes hard work over many months
or even years.

7.  It’s helpful if the speech therapist has experience working with kids
with your child’s issue.
 Your involvement—like practicing exercises at home—can make speech
therapy more effective.