The value of speech in a person's life can not be overestimated. Without its development is unthinkable development of communication skills. A child learns to speak with the first months of life, but not always, the learning process is easy: in some cases, the baby may be difficult to pronounce some words or individual sounds. In such a situation comes to the aid of a speech therapist - a specialist can correct speech errors.

Logopaedics

Speech therapy - one of the sections of correctional pedagogy. This science deals with speech impairments, prevention and correction of these disorders. The first information about attempts to correct speech disorders related to the seventeenth century. Then, speech therapy dates back to Theory, but in the second half of the XIX century, speech therapy became a separate branch of science.

Initially, speech therapists speech disorders associated only with the weakness of the muscles, so speech therapy was closer to medicine than to pedagogy. But modern speech therapy is more on the intersection of education and medicine, it relies not only on the physiology and psychology and linguistics.

Speech disorders

Preschoolers different speech disorders - are not uncommon. Children are still learning to speak, and not everyone is given to them easily. At the same time it is important to distinguish between temporary difficulties with the pronunciation of certain words from the perennial problems associated with the inability to speak properly.

Typically, speech disorders in children amenable to correction - is important only in time to see a specialist. The carelessness of parents, confident that the child "outgrow" the problem with speech, leads to the fact that the defects of pronunciation are further cause other disorders, such as dyslexia and dysgraphia. Unfortunately, these speech disorders each year are becoming more common. Dysgraphia - the inability to master the written language in the normal development of intelligence. Dyslexia - dyslexic. Obviously, in our time is very difficult to live without knowing how to read and write, so these violations deliver a lot of inconvenience to schoolchildren.

Incorrect pronunciation is often bad for the development of communication skills, self-esteem reduces a man prevents him to achieve a particular purpose.

Experts note that the speech disorders today are found slightly more often than before. The causes of these disorders are quite diverse. This illness or injury the child's mother during pregnancy and birth defects and hereditary diseases and disorders of the structure of the vocal apparatus, and psychological trauma in early life, and bilingual family, and more. Methods of correction of violations should be chosen taking into account all the factors that led to the violations.

When to see a speech therapist

Contrary to popular opinion, refer to the speech therapist is necessary not to the school, and as soon as possible. Some problems (eg, hyoid bridle too short) can be detected at a very early age. The earlier defects are found, the more time there is to correct them, and the greater the chances of success.

But in which cases should be referred to a speech therapist? Experts advise to carefully listen to the child from the first months of his life. If two or three months, the baby does not babble - this is a good reason to visit a speech therapist. Can not do without a visit to a specialist and if the baby does not attempt to pronounce the word to year.

If earlier the age at which a child begins to speak, was considered a year, but now no one is surprised polutoragodovalaya kids who do not speak. Yet, if a child of two years does not speak even the simplest phrases, you need to visit a speech therapist.

Usually girls master the language skills faster than boys. Of great importance is and how to communicate with your child at home, enough to talk to him, read that book. Since it is imitative in nature, it can develop properly if the child's parents or caregivers talk with errors. If a child is raised, for example, a nanny who does not speak the language of the child, said with errors and with a strong accent, it is unlikely the child will develop as it should.

Full speech formation typically occurs to five years (plus or minus six months). By this age, children should know how to construct sentences and pronounce all the sounds clearly and distinctly. If not, better to show the kid a speech therapist.

Many kindergartens (both private and municipal) speech therapist visits the kids fail. This helps to timely detect developmental disorders of speech Language development in children   and adjust them. In drawing up an individual plan of correction therapist must take into account the level of intellectual development of the child, especially his memory and attention.

After a visit to a specialist

Classes with speech therapist can be very effective, but they are usually not enough. Specialist gives parents a list of exercises that necessarily should be addressed with the child every free minute. Irregular employment meaningless: to eliminate the defects of speech needed constant training.

Do not think that if a child in the preschool age showed no speech therapist, then nothing can be corrected. Of course, the older the person, the harder it is to correct a violation of his speech, but there is nothing impossible. No wonder the speech therapists to treat even adults - for example, those who have good diction needed for work, or those who have lost the ability of speech as a result of serious injuries or illnesses. Classes with speech therapist can solve the problem with the speech at any age.

Maria Bykov

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