{"id":2462,"date":"2022-07-21T16:39:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T22:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2023-11-15T09:16:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:16:38","slug":"how-to-prepare-for-your-childs-first-visit-with-a-speech-therapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/how-to-prepare-for-your-childs-first-visit-with-a-speech-therapist\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare for Your Child\u2019s First Visit with a Speech Therapist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Has your child been diagnosed with a communication, feeding or <a href=\"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/?p=212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">swallowing disorder<\/a>? If so, they may be referred for an evaluation with a speech therapist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the fence about speech therapy? Consider this: One <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22026565\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> found that, \u201cAn average of 6 hours of speech and language therapy in a 6-month period can produce significant improvement in performance, and it has been shown to be more effective than no treatment over the same 6-month period for children with primary speech and\/or language impairment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below we review everything you need to know to help you prepare for your child\u2019s evaluation with a speech therapist.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-to-bring\">What to Bring<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pediatric-hearing-aids-child-at-school-256x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1722\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Your child\u2019s speech therapist will likely send home some intake paperwork for you to fill out, including a case history form detailing their medical history and a communication rating score. Be sure to bring all of this completed paperwork to the evaluation. In addition, you should bring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contact information and feedback from the referring physician.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>List of words or sounds your child has trouble with.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>List of scenarios when your child has a hard time communicating or being understood, like <a href=\"https:\/\/abcgreatbeginnings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC Great Beginnings<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio or video recording of your child speaking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toy or object that comforts your child.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snack or drink your child enjoys.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any questions you have for the speech therapist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-to-expect\">What to Expect<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>During the evaluation, your child\u2019s speech therapist will likely evaluate your child\u2019s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Receptive communication: <\/strong>Their understanding of words and language.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expressive communication:<\/strong> Their use of spoken language to express intention, thoughts, needs and wants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Augmentative and alternative communication:<\/strong> All forms of communication used to express intention, thoughts, needs and wants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Play interactions:<\/strong> Their joint interactions with familiar and unfamiliar people and objects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pragmatic skills:<\/strong> Their ability to communicate functionally and socially.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fluency:<\/strong> The rhythm, speed and repetitive sounds of speech.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Voice:<\/strong> The characteristics of their voice, including quality, loudness and intonation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feeding and swallowing:<\/strong> Their ability to chew and swallow food and drinks, along with any difficulties or anatomical abnormalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pediatric speech disorders<\/a> or to schedule an appointment, call South Valley Ear Nose &#038; Throat &#8211; West Jordan today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has your child been diagnosed with a communication, feeding or swallowing disorder? If so, they may be referred for an evaluation with a speech therapist. On the fence about speech therapy? Consider this: One study found that, \u201cAn average of 6 hours of speech and language therapy in a 6-month period can produce significant improvement&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Has your child been diagnosed with a communication, feeding or swallowing disorder?","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pediatrics","category-stuttering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions\/2554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southvalleyent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}