{"id":1166,"date":"2021-02-12T08:53:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T08:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kostalas.gr\/?page_id=1166"},"modified":"2025-10-02T11:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:58:55","slug":"logotherapeia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eidikokentropaidiou.gr\/en\/logotherapeia\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is speech therapy & What are its benefits?;<\/strong><\/h1>

What is Child Speech Therapy<\/strong><\/h2>

Speech and language therapy is the science that deals with the assessment and treatment of speech, language, communication, chewing and swallowing disorders in children.<\/p>

In children, the onset of determined by the unexpected development in these areas is performed in multidisciplinary special education centers or at home, by qualified speech and language therapists.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Role of the Speech and Language Therapist<\/strong><\/h2>

As with all treatments, a medical diagnosis is required first and foremost so that an appropriate treatment protocol can be formulated in order to address, improve and rehabilitate the difficulties. The importance of early intervention<\/a> at this stage is crucial, as it can contribute to the child's faster and more effective progress, often in combination with Special Education<\/a>.<\/p>

The speech and language therapist, in a first meeting (the assessment), in the presence of the parents, evaluates the child's clinical picture, observes and records the child's behaviour, knowledge and the manifestation of symptoms.<\/p>

It subjects the child to certain activities or exercises through diagnostic tools, tests and questionnaires, uses educational and therapeutic materials and thus determines the developmental deficits that appear in speech, which may or may not fall within the initial request and concern of the parents.<\/p>

Finally, a joint decision is made on whether or not to start a speech therapy programme.<\/p>

If it is decided to include the child in a programme, which is carried out from 1 to 3 times a week and lasts 45 minutes per session. The speech and language therapist uses a variety of intervention methods at the time of the therapy and also explains and trains the parent in these methods when the need for further work at home arises.<\/p>

The parent is given materials or exercises for homework and there is a regular update on the child's progress at the end of each session. Parent and therapist work \u201cco-therapeutically\u201d for the best outcome.<\/p>

Every now and then, a meeting with the parents is held for the necessary exchange of the child's progress where the therapeutic goals are redefined.<\/p>

Finally, the child is re-examined by the doctor who is monitoring the child to check for improvement and, if necessary, to renew the child's initial assessment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Which disorders are treated with Speech and Language Therapy?;<\/strong><\/h2>

Usually parents are concerned at a speech delay in their child around 2 to 3 years of age. This is reasonable since typically developing 3-year-olds usually have a vocabulary of 700-900 words, are willing to engage in dialogue, speak with relatively clear articulation, correct syntax and structure, describe events or experiences, ask to learn from adults, and seek play with peers.<\/p>

But many children do not pronounce certain words correctly, they are not fluent, they make many grammatical mistakes, they do not express themselves in a way that makes sense. Also some prefer to isolate themselves, play by themselves and are indifferent to other people.<\/p>

The teacher, the paediatrician or the parent often identify a difficulty in the child and can then turn to the specialist for an assessment.<\/p>

So, a child needs speech therapy when:<\/p>