1. About Speech (Language) Therapy

What is it Speech Therapy?

Speech therapy can help kids od adults with different kinds of speech difficulties as well as language issues, such as:

- Articulation problems
- Fluency problems
- Resonance or voice problems
- Oral feeding problems

It can help treat:

  • Receptive disorders (trouble understanding / receiving language)
  • Expresive disorders (trouble speaking / expressing language)
  • Pragmatic language issues (trouble using language in socially appropriate ways).

Speech therapy can improve communication skills in persons (children or adults) with language issues.

Speech therapists must have at least a master’s degree and must be licensed to practice. 

Watch the video and notice what does the abbreviation SLCN means: