Specific methods used during the therapy of pronunciation disorders in school age children Cover Image

Specificul demersului logopedic în corectarea tulburărilor de pronunție la vârsta școlară mică
Specific methods used during the therapy of pronunciation disorders in school age children

Author(s): Afrodita Sandor
Subject(s): Preschool education, School education, Developmental Psychology
Published by: Asociația Specialiștilor în Terapia Tulburărilor de Limbaj din România
Keywords: speech and language therapy; specific therapeutic program; logopedic diagnosis; pronunciation disorders; school age;

Summary/Abstract: Language is a means of communication and knowledge for the child. The impossibility of communicating through verbal language attracts delays in the childʹs development. Any deviation from standard speech is a language disorder and requires the specific intervetion of a specialist. The speech therapist intervenes in language and communication disorders fallowing a specific therapeutic program, an intervention not only on speech, rhythm and fluency disorders, but also addresses emotional and behavioral disorders, intellectual disabilities, auditive, speech disorders or specific learning disabilities. This article describes the therapeutic program applied for speech sound disorders within The”Iosif Vulcan” National College and ”Nicolae Bălcescu” School from Oradea, Romania. This therapeutic program and the obtained results emphasize the specificity of the speech therapists work in Romania at tle level of the interschools’ logopedic offices. This article can also reflect the types of speech sound disorders our speech and language therapists face.

  • Issue Year: V/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 68-78
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English, Romanian