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Why Your Child Goes to Speech Therapy
Read this section to find out why your child should go to speech therapy
What is the goal of going to speech therapy?
The goal for your child is to learn as much about speech and language as she can. Every child
is different, so every child will have different goals. For some children, the goal is speech.
For other children, the goal is to communicate their needs.
- Speech. This means that:
- You will be able to talk about many different things with your child.
- People who don't know her, will understand what she says.
- She can go where she wants in public and use her voice.
- Communicate needs. This means that by using things like signing, gesturing,
and speaking, your child can:
- Communicate with her friends and family.
- Tell you what she needs.
- Talk about her feelings and ideas.
What can families do for their deaf Children?
"They have to find a way to communicate and [use] whatever communicative path they've chosen for
their kids. If it has been determined that ASL is the way you're going to have to communicate,
then if you want to have a relationship with your child then you have to learn how to sign because
if you don't, you'll loose them. And many, many families never learn that."
— Judy, Speech and Language Pathologist
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What are the benefits of speech therapy?
Speech therapy is good for your child for many reasons:
- It will help her become a capable adult who can communicate with hearing people.
- If she learns to speak better, she will learn to read better.
- She will know how language works better. For example, she will know when people ask her a
question and how to answer that question.
Next: Get Speech Therapy for your Child
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