What is the role of speech language pathologist for special need children?
Speech therapist/pathologist works with children with a variety of delay and disorder such as autism. Down syndrome, hearing impairment, motor speech disorders, and other developmental delays.
They help a child with:
- Articulation skill is the physical ability to move the tongue, lips, jaw, and palate (known as the articulators) to produce individual
speech sounds which we phonemes. - Expressive Language Skills: While speech involves the physical motor disability to talk, language is a symbolic system used to convey a message. Proper use of these is developed by a speech therapist.
- Receptive Language/Listening Skills: Receptive language, refers to a child’s ability to listen and understand language. A therapist can help teach the child new vocabulary and how to use that knowledge to follow direction, answer a question and participate in single conversations with others.
Physiotherapist: Physiotherapists are trained to evaluate and improve the function of the body, with particular attention to physical mobility, balance, posture, fatigue and pain.
The physical therapy programme involves educating the child about the physical problems caused by their disability, designing and individualized wise programme to address the problems, and enhancing mobility and energy conservation through the use of a variety of mobility aids and adaptive equipment.
Physiotherapy can be used to help children who have a neurological condition that affects the nervous system, such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, and cerebral palsy.
Physiotherapy can be used to treat injuries that affect the bone, joints, and muscles such as sports injuries and arthritis.
