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Articulation Disorders
Simply stated, articulation is our repertoire of speech sounds. It’s the coordination of our articulators (lips, tongue, teeth, soft and hard palates, vocal cords, cheeks, jaw etc…) moving in harmony to produce the sounds of speech.
Disorders of speech can occur in a variety of ways. Some can occur from a developmental delay of speech. Others may occur from an impairment in hearing, cleft palate or cleft lip, difficulties in motor planning or even from dental issues.
Language Disorders
Language is how words are strung together to form meaningful sentences. Two major components of language are the receptive language (what is understood) and the expressive language (what is being conveyed). Language therapy often addresses the ability to follow verbal directions, listening skills, and understanding spoken language. Language therapy may also accompany other medical diagnoses to address social communication disorders, deficits in written language and/or reading comprehension.
Accent Modification
An individual typically seeks accent modification services because others have difficulty understanding what that particular person is communicating.
Three broad dimensions of an accent that contribute to the effectiveness of a communicative exchange (Derwing & Munro, 2009) are accentedness (the listener’s perceived degree of the accent compared with their familiar speech patterns), comprehensibility (how easily/quickly/effortlessly a listener understands the message) , and intelligibility (the extent to which a listener understands the message. Celce-Murcia et al., 1996, p. 32).
Teletherapy
Telepractice is the application of telecommunications technology to the delivery of speech-language pathology professional services at a distance by connecting a client to a clinician for assessment, intervention, and/or consultation.
In 2005, the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) determined that telepractice is an appropriate model of service delivery.
Telepractice venues include schools, medical centers, rehabilitation hospitals, community health centers, outpatient clinics, universities, clients' homes, residential health care facilities, child care centers, and corporate settings.
There are no limits to where telepractice can be implemented, as long as the services comply with national, state, institutional, and professional regulations and policies.
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Early Intervention
Early Intervention’s goal is to lessen effects of a delay by providing services and supports to infants, toddlers, and their families via a coaching model. Early intervention is recommended when a child is at risk for a developmental delay, disability, or health condition that may affect typical development and learning.
The earlier that services are delivered, the more likely children are to develop effective communication, language, swallowing skills and achieve successful learning outcomes (Guralnick, 2011).
Cognitive Communication
Cognitive Communication is defined as having difficulty with any aspect of communication affected by the disruption of cognition. The areas of cognitive processes include: attention, memory, organization, problem solving and executive functions. A few of the common etiologies which may benefit from cognitive communication intervention include dementia, stroke and traumatic brain injuries (TBI’s).