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Speech therapy is the discipline that deals with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of human communication disorders, manifested through alterations in language, speech, voice, hearing or orofacial functions, both in adults and children.
For this reason, from our speech therapy service we want to treat all the alterations that our children and adolescents may present in any of the areas we have just mentioned.
To do this, we always take into account the needs of our students, but also their interests and motivations, as our aim is for them to acquire functional learning.
Each child is different and individual differences in the acquisition of language are very wide, which is why it is very important to offer an intervention adapted to the characteristics of each of our children.
Even so, some of the activities we carry out are aimed at improving vocabulary, verbal productions, sound articulation, reading and writing, comprehension, attention, memory, perception and visual and auditory discrimination, etc.
Besides, one of the aspects we work in our classroom with children with autism is the TEACCH method, through which basic cognitive and motor skills are worked.
The TEACCH method was developed in North Carolina in the 70’s to give an answer to the needs of the people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
This method emerged with a clear objective: to allow children with ASD to grow up in a productive and positive environment, favouring their autonomy and, with it, the quality of life of their families.
The programme focuses on the communication and language needs, attentional skills, memory, social skills and sensitivity of children with ASD and is based on a set of simple, ordered and structured tasks that aim to foster the autonomy and independence of the subject.
The materials used are visually very attractive and therefore arouse their attention and motivation. And something we should know is that autistic people process visual information better.
“Not being able to understand the world around you is confusing, and I think that’s the cause of all fears”. Therese Joliffe
Judith Torres / Graduate in Early Childhood Education in Hearing and Speech
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