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Speech Therapy: What it is and when it is needed?

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  Speech therapy  deals with all activities aimed at the re-education of children with speech and language disorders. Speech therapy deals with the study, prevention, evaluation, and treatment of: Voice disturbances Speech disturbances Communication disturbances Disorders of swallowing Related cognitive disorders (related, for example, to memory and learning) typical of all age groups Speech Therapy- What it does? Speech therapy  deals with speech and communication disorders, both isolated and within more complex clinical pictures as in the case of: Intellectual disabilities and congenital and acquired neurological diseases (such as genetic syndromes or infantile cerebral palsy) Deafness Autism spectrum syndrome. These disorders can affect both the expressive side, and the receptive side and, in the most serious cases, both areas. Among the most frequent we find: Disorders of oral functions (from sucking to swallowing, to feeding) Lan...

How Occupational Therapy is carried Out for Adults?

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The term occupational therapy comes from the Greek words "ergon" (work, achievement, deed, activity) and "therapeia" (care for the sick). Thus it can be freely translated as “get healthy through action and work”. Occupational therapy treatment follows a holistic approach - not only does work focus on improving fine and gross motor skills, but the person as a whole is considered in order to find deeper reasons for the deficits and, if necessary, to be able to treat them. In our speech therapy occupational therapy practice, we use the interlocking approaches from speech therapy and occupational therapy in order to be able to offer our patients the best possible treatment. Occupational therapy serves to improve the areas of perception, gross and fine motor skills in children, adolescents (development-related disorders) and adults. In addition, psychosocial abnormalities in children can be alleviated with an individual occupational therapy plan. As an approved remed...

Pediatric Speech Therapy at Speak Easy Solutions- What can we treat with your child?

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It is the job of our speech therapists to help children who have problems eating, speech and speech disorders. Causes for this can be, for example, neurological disorders, genetic and physical malformations, hearing disorders or psychological problems. Early advice and treatment Even in early infancy, early speech therapy counseling and treatment can initiate the basic functions of the mouth, i.e. sucking, swallowing and chewing, or support them in their further development. Children with lip, jaw, palate and nose malformations are examined by our pediatric speech therapy with regard to these basic functions and their parents are advised accordingly. Children with genetic diseases, such as Down syndrome, often need early help too. Language development delays and pronunciation disorders Another important area of ​​work in speech therapy is the therapy of children with speech development delays and pronunciation disorders. Oriented towards everyday activities, our speech thera...

Behavioral Therapy – Everything You Must Know Beforehand

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The behavioral therapy  near me is a special form of psychotherapy. It is based on the principle that unfavorable behavior and thought patterns have been learned and can therefore be unlearned again. By practicing new ways of behaving and thinking, the patient is actively involved in the healing process in behavior therapy. Read here what happens during behavior therapy and what you should pay attention to? What is behavior therapy? Behavioral therapy developed as a countermovement to psychoanalysis. It emerged from the school of so-called behaviorism, which shaped psychology in the 20th century. The goal is to objectively examine human behavior.   When do you do behavior therapy? Behavioral therapy is considered a successful treatment concept for many mental disorders. If the diagnosis of a mental disorder has been made, the health insurance companies will cover the costs of the behavior therapy. Behavioral therapy can be offered on an outpatient, partial inpatient b...

Autism therapy - A bridge to life or "forced adjustment"?

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Intensive therapy over several years is indicated for the severity, the complexity and the autism-specific change difficulties. As different as the disorder can be, the therapeutic approach must also be flexible. So far, no single therapeutic method has provided satisfactory approaches for all areas of this very complex disorder. Central to the special autism therapy are approaches that have been specially developed for people with autism (e.g. TEACCH , Picture Exchange Communication System), autism-specific forms of perception promotion and "social empathy", behavioral therapy, music therapy, curative education and family therapy methods Some autism-specific therapy approaches are briefly presented below. ü   TEACCH You often go to normal schools without being recognized, where "normal" behavior is expected from you. And here at the latest they stand out due to their strange social behavior. The TEACCH approach (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Rel...

Language disorders: should my child go to the speech therapist?

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Does your child have trouble expressing himself? Does he stumble over words or confuse sounds altogether? He may have a language disorder … Maybe you should take him to a pediatric speech therapist , let's take stock. The pediatric therapist is a communication specialist. ·          It helps patients who have difficulty expressing themselves orally and in writing. ·          Discover the main signs of language disorders that require consultation. Language disorders: the cases which should put you on the alert At 3 years old. He hardly speaks, or on the contrary a lot, but he grazes the words so badly that no one understands him, neither his parents, nor his teacher and he suffers from it. At 4 years old. A child, who distorts words, does not make sentences, uses verbs in the infinitive and uses poor vocabulary. Or a child, who stutters, cannot start his sentences, finish his words or just speak w...

Child development therapy - What does this support consist of?

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Child developmental therapy is a specific psychotherapeutic approach that takes into account the psychic dimension and the bodily dimension of each child.   In developmental therapy, the therapist creates with the child a play space in which the child and the therapist will try to decode archaic emotional experiences. These experiences will take on their meaning in the relationship with the therapist. Through play, sensory and motor experiences, plastic expression, language, and the relationship with the therapist, the therapist helps the child to build a clean, differentiated psychic space that will allow him to access more thought. This work is done in close collaboration with the parent through regular interviews. We will talk about the evolution of the work in progress with their child, our thoughts and questions but also the observations that parents can make in everyday life. However, "what happens in the session remains in the session" because the therapist is...