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Speech sounds
Speech and language often get mixed up a lot. Speech is the individual sounds that we make like k, r, p, etc. If your child struggles with speech it means it may be a struggle to decipher what words they’re saying to you.
Common examples of speech errors are saying “wabbit” instead rabbit or “fumb” instead of “thumb”.
There's lots of different kinds of speech sound errors and knowing when intervention is needed can be tricky. THe best way to determine if a child needs to work on their speech is for a Speech Pathologist to complete a single word speech assessment and complete a speech sample in conversation with the child.
Language
Language is different to speech, language involves things likes vocabulary and grammar. If someone struggles to understand others they may have receptive language difficulties, if they struggle to express themselves they may have expressive language difficulties.
Receptive language
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All about comprehension
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Understand what words mean
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Understanding sentences
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Understanding how words can link together (connotations)
Expressive language
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All about communicating
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Knowing lots of different words
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Finding the right words to use
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Putting words together in sentence
AAC
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is using other ways than spoken words to communicate, this could involve key word sign, picture/core boards, or an electronic device. AAC can support people to communicate and help people develop their communication skills.
Pragmatics/play skills
Sometimes called social skills, this is how kids and people learn to get along and relate with one another, skills like learning to share, pretending in play, and knowing when to introduce yourself in a group are all pragmatics skills.
​Stuttering
Stuttering or stammering is when a person may repeat whole or parts of words, get stuck on the same word or stretch a word out. Sometimes there may be uncontrollable movements around a stutter, for example blinking, head jerks, sharp breaths or many other movements. Stuttering typically starts between the ages of 3 and 4.