Learning Objectives

Through reading my blog, I hope that parents and friends can find insight to the benefits of early speech intervention. Through charts and articles provided my goal is that this is an easily accessible and easily understood. After reading my blog, I hope the reader has learned...

• Some common types of speech disorders that can be found in children.
• Therapy options for different speech disorders parents may see.
• The gained determination to intervene soon instead of taking their time to seek help.

Overall I hope that my blog makes parents want to get help for their child, as well as make them feel capable and educated instead of overwhelmed. 

Family-centered early intervention: an opportunity for creative practice in speech-language pathology

This second article was interesting because it focuses on the family of the child. I found this to be important because the families of these children can benefit from reading this. The article explains the process of an IFSP and the role Speech Language Pathologists play from start to finish. I feel that after reading this, the families would no longer be confused. Also, the article stresses the fact that the plan focuses on the birth to three years of age population of children, implying how important it is to combat the disorder as soon as possible.

Y, Gillete. "Family-centered early intervention: an opportunity for creative practice in speech-language pathology." Clin Commun Disord (1992): 48-60. Pub Med. Web. 14 Nov. 2010.

Guiding Principles and Clinical Applications for Speech-Language Pathology Practice in Early Intervention

This is an article that I found to be useful and interesting in regards to my topic because it was a case study that proved that the earlier speech intervention occurs the child's improvements are much greater. In the article they write about the four principles that act as the framework for intervention and stress the fact that these principles need to be implicated as soon as possible.

D, Paul, and Roth FP. "Guiding Principles and Clinical Applications for Speech-Language Pathology Practice in Early Intervention." Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch (2010). Pub Med. Web. 14 Nov. 2010.

Intervene Sooner Rather Than Later!

While this website has a lot of similar information as the previous two, it also has more in regard to the point of actual early intervention. With interesting and surprising statistics as well as milestones that your child should be meeting this website provides support to families with struggling children as well as encourages them to seek intervention early. Intervene early!

Therapy Options for Children with Speech Disorders

I feel like this website is essential for the next step in dealing with a child with a speech disorder. Therapy is very important when it comes to a child who is having trouble and the information on this website really hits that idea home. Providing information about when a child needs therapy, tools and games that can help with therapy, and frequently asked questions about therapy from other questioning parents, as well as much more this website is a good tool for parents to get information about what they could look for in finding a therapist in their town. Click here for therapy for your child!

Common Speech Disorders in Children

This first website is a good resource to use when looking at the different kinds of speech disorders that are commonly seen in young children. I feel like this is a good website because there is plenty of information that is given to the reader in terminology that is easy to understand. It touches on Children Apraxia, Articulation, Phonological, Voice, and Fluency disorders and gives parents key things they can look for if they are nervous their child man have some sort of speech disorder. Having a child that is having trouble talking can be a scary thing but this website can help to find answers. Click here to read about these common speech disorders seen in children.

Through my blog, my goal is to help people to understand some different types of common children's speech disorders, types of therapy they can receive, and explain why it is important to intervene sooner than later.