Speech therapists help with speech but also with other kinds of challenges association dyslexia, dyspraxia and auditory processing disorders.
In fact a speech therapist is more accurately referred to as a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP).
SLP’s can help with:
- Articulation – Not speaking clearly and making errors with sounds.
- Fluency – Trouble with the flow of speech such as stuttering.
- Resonance or voice – Trouble with vocal pitch, volume and quality.
- Other – Difficulty with eating, swallowing and drooling.
SLP’s can help with:
- Reception – challenges with understanding (receiving) language.
- Expression – trouble speaking (expressing) language.
- Pragmatic language – difficulty using language in socially appropriate ways.
