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The Role of the Speech & Language Therapist

To provide appropriate assessment, advice and intervention for any impairment of speech & language or communication which may occur due to a developmental delay or specific disorder or be acquired through injury or a degenerative process.

Areas which may be affected are as follows:                                                                                              Verbal comprehension understanding of spoken language.

Verbal expression use of spoken language,  i.e. vocabulary, sentence structure / meaning.

Intelligibility of speech use of speech sounds, prosody i.e. intonation.

Fluency of speech.

Associated language areas: symbolic development.

Auditory memory & processing.

Communication skills: use of interactive verbal and nonverbal skills e.g. use of gesture, facial expressions.

Contribution to the assessment and treatment of feeding difficulties.

What is involved in an assessment?                                                                                                             The Therapy in Praxis Limited assessment process includes a comprehensive assessment & specific programme planning for effective treatment intervention.

Therapy in Praxis Limited will use different evaluation procedures including standardised assessments in order to identify a child’s major underlying dysfunctions.

All aspects of Speech & Language Development                                                                                           A variety of standardised assessments are available to provide baseline analysis and interpretation of the results.

Communication                                                                                                                                  Assessment with a variety of formal and informal assessment procedures.

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