Speech and Language Issues
While a hearing deficit is an obvious reason for speech and language issues, very often, some underlying biomedical reasons that are not so obvious are at play. A nonspeaking child very often has very good receptive language. They may understand everything that is said to them and around them but likely lack the fine-motor ability to speak. Learn about ways to facilitate your child’s ability to communicate in these articles below.
Speech and Language Issues Articles
Speech and Language Issues Main Info Page
What Are Speech and Language Issues? Speech and language issues are common in children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder and learning disabilities. Speech Speech is the mechanical means of the oral motor mechanism to create ... Read More
Speech, Language, and Communication Therapies for Autism
Speech, language, and communication support are essential components of care for many individuals with autism. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) provide assessment and ongoing diagnostic treatment to address a wide range of communication differences and needs, from helping nonspeaking children find a ... Read More
Does My Child Have a Dysregulated Nervous System?
What Is a Dysregulated Nervous System? The nervous system is like “command central” in your body. Its job is to act as the body's communication network, sending and receiving messages between the brain and the rest of the body. It ... Read More
Biomedical and Physiological Imbalances Commonly Seen in Autism
Biomedical and Physiological Imbalances Commonly Seen in Autism Autism is a subjective diagnostic label that covers a cluster of symptoms or stereotypical behaviors. While conventional medicine often describes autism as a predominately genetic condition that results in a set of ... Read More
How Are Communication and Motor Skills Related?
Communication and motor skills might seem like different developmental areas, but they are actually deeply intertwined. In fact, motor skills can have a profound impact on communication, especially for children with developmental challenges such as autism, dyspraxia, apraxia and childhood ... Read More
Fats for Whole-Body Apraxia and Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Whole-Body Apraxia and Speech-Related Apraxia As parents, we anticipate that our children will meet all their developmental milestones without any significant challenges. For instance, simple daily tasks and normal everyday intentional motor planning movements we may take for granted as ... Read More
How a Child’s Brain Develops
Understanding how a child's brain develops is important for creating effective educational and therapeutic interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as: Autism ADHD Dyslexia Cerebral palsy Sensory Processing Disorder Learning disabilities Dyspraxia and apraxia Epilepsy/seizures The process is complex ... Read More
Spelling to Communicate (S2C)
This blog post about Spelling to Communicate (S2C) is excerpted and amended by Patricia Lemer from the Vietnamese version of her award-winning book, Outsmarting Autism, Updated and Expanded: Build Healthy Foundations for Communication, Socialization, and Behavior at All Ages. Background ... Read More
Speech and Language Issues Stories
Dante’s Reversal of Non-Verbal Autism
I helped my son heal from non-speaking autism, and there is absolutely hope. Getting the Autism Diagnosis Was Devastating I was told your son is beautiful, perfect in every way. And, as she was looking at him within like literally ... Read More
Milo: Big Improvements in Autism Symptoms After Rhythmic Movement
Before Rhythmic Movement: High-Functioning Autism with Echolalia Milo is currently five and a half years old. He was diagnosed with high-functioning autism at the age of four. He has echolalia and uses scripting as a form of stimming when he ... Read More
Tony: Healing from PDD-NOS/Autism with Homotoxicology
Where to begin on this eight-year journey… Regression at 17 Months My son had a developmental regression at 17 months old and as a new mother, I heard a lot of “you’re crazy” talk from family and friends, but I ... Read More
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