Speech Therapy Services

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Speech Therapy for Autism
Speech language therapy is recommended for
almost everyone diagnosed with an autism
spectrum disorder. This makes sense because most
children with autism have impaired communication
that requires assistance. Even those with high
functioning autism can benefit from
speech-language therapy.
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What is Speech language Therapy?
Speech therapy is the treatment
of speech and
communication disorders thus, it is a broad
field. Speech therapy may assist children with
stuttering or lisps in accurately pronouncing
words. Speech therapy also helps children with
developmental disabilities in understanding and
using spoken language in a social environment. A
certified Speech Language Therapist is a
communication specialist who must have a
masters degree. That professional may work in a
private setting, a clinic, a school, or an
institution, or as part of an educational team.
They employ various tools and therapies,
including toys and play-like treatment, as well
as formal tests and speech curriculum.
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Does Speech Therapy Help Autism?

• Speech therapy can help children with autism
  improve their spoken language, enhance nonverbal
  abilities, and learn to communicate in new ways.
  SLPs can teach parents how to improve their
  childs communication skills in various ways that
  are suited to the childs abilities,
  communication situations, and family
  requirements.
• For children with ASD, there are a variety of
  evidence-based treatment options, including
  Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC),
  activity schedules/visual supports,
  computer-assisted learning, video-based
  instruction, behavioral interventions, cognitive
  behavioral therapy, play-based interventions,
  social communication/social skills interventions,
  literacy interventions, relationship-based
  interventions, parent-implemented interventions
  and coaching and routines-based intervention.

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Online Speech Therapy for Autism

• 1. PARENT COACHING
• Caregivers of children with ASD can learn to
  connect with their children by participating in
  online speech therapy. The SLP can collaborate
  closely with the family to create a treatment
  plan that includes tactics and activities for
  eliciting effective communication. The SLP has
  the advantage of working with the parent in
  their home environment. Furthermore, parents are
  their childs primary educators from birth. It
  is highly beneficial to the child when their
  parents constantly repeat the same language
  modeled by their SLP.

• 2. SENSORY PUT
• Many children with autism struggle to comprehend
  the sensory information they get from their
  surroundings. Changing the visual, aural, and
  tactile signals that a child receives increases
  their attention span and participation. Simple
  modifications, such as altering the lighting
  brightness or the volume of a video, may make a
  big difference in the quality of an online
  therapy session.

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3. USE REAL OBJECTS
4. MOVEMENT Another misconception regarding
online therapy is that a child must sit and pay
attention in front of the computer for the whole
therapy session. While attention is necessary,
flexibility is critical. During therapy
sessions, including movements into a language
exercise, such as singing Row, Row, Row Your
Boat while having the child motion and rock
their body back and forth, helps enhance a
childs attention while also enhancing their
language learning ability.
A common misperception that only digital items
can be used in online therapy. The utilization
of real objects in the environment will assist
young children, especially those with ASD. This
form of tangible learning is ideal for the
development of functional communication in
everyday situations like mealtimes. Your childs
SLP can educate you on utilizing toys, books,
and ordinary things in your house to help your
child learn new words.
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Speech Therapy Activities for Autism at Home
Children with autism experience speech and
language impairments that range from mild social
language impairment to entirely non-verbal. With
that in mind, here are some Speech
Therapyapproaches available that your childs SLP
may teach you so that you can continue to work
with your child at home.. Speech Therapy For
Social Language can be a good option for the
children with Autism.
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