Effective stimulation of linguistic development in children up to the age of two: case study
Effective stimulation of linguistic development in children up to the age of two: case study

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse the activities that stimulate the linguistic developmentof the child up to the age of 2, influencing the growth of his/her speech level, and to show the benefitsof prophylaxis as a set of preventive tasks aimed at reducing the risk of speech defects, forming cor-rect habits in parents, doctors, midwives and informing about available effective forms of support-ing language development from birth.The theoretical part describes the speech development of thenewborn and infant up to the age of 2. The methodological section presents a qualitative researchon a case study of a child whose speech was stimulated from birth. This child is at a high level ofdevelopment at the age of 2 years. To assess the level of language and communication development,the Inwentarz RozwojuMowy i Komunikacji: Słowa i Zdania (Polish adaptation ofMacArthur-BatesCommunicative Development Inventory: Words & Sentences) has been used.The anatomical struc-ture of the articulatory organs has been assessed using the visual-tactile method. Primary functions,the linguistic development of the child up to the age of 2 andmeasures to stimulate the child’s speechdevelopment have also been discussed.

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