Tiny Triumphs: Empowering Kids Through Speech and Language

Expressive & Receptive Language: 

• Expressive language: The ability to convey thoughts, feelings, and ideas through speech, writing, gestures, or other forms using words, sentences, and symbols.
• Receptive language: The ability to understand and process spoken or written language, including comprehension of words, sentences, and meaning.
• Gestalt Language Processing: A form of language development where a child learns chunks of language and then breaks them down to create original phrases.
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): Methods and tools, like picture boards and speech-generating devices, that help individuals with speech difficulties communicate.
• Phonology: The study of sound patterns in speech, including pronunciation, sound rules, and how phonemes function in words and sentences.

Speech Therapy: Tailored treatment for speech sound disorders 

• Articulation Disorders: Focuses on correcting individual sound errors, like difficulty pronouncing “r.”
• Phonological Disorders: Addresses patterns of sound errors (e.g., fronting) and teaches proper sound production.
• Apraxia of Speech: Targets motor planning difficulties to improve speech muscle coordination

Literacy: Treatment for literacy disorders, such as dyslexia, includes:

• Phonological Awareness Training: Helps with decoding and encoding through activities like rhyming and blending sounds.
• Multisensory Learning: Uses sight, sound, and touch to reinforce learning (e.g., writing letters in sand).
• Reading Comprehension Strategies: Techniques like summarizing and using graphic organizers to improve understanding.
• Orton-Gillingham Approach: A multisensory, systematic method to teach reading and writing for those with dyslexia