At distinctspeech.com we work with children and their parents and caregivers to improve a child’s speech delays or disorders. Articulation difficulties involve problems producing speech sounds. Phonology difficulties work on learning the rules and patterns for how to use sounds and sound clusters to make words. Examples include:
- difficulty producing a sound such as “r” the child may say “wed” instead of “red”
- sound distortions such as producing a slushy, sloppy “s” as with a lisp
- leaving out sounds such as saying “ca, cu, coo” instead of “cat, cup, cool”
- substituting one sound for another such as saying “tat, tup, tool” instead of “cat, cup, cool”
- adding syllables or leaving syllables out such as saying “elephalant” or saying “ephant” instead of “elephant” or saying “sketti” instead of “spaghetti”
Ms. Suzanne and her partner Rowdy Rooster can help your child conquer the “R” sound with distinctspeech.com
Sneaky Snake helps Ms. Suzanne teach your child the “S” sound.
Penny the Poppin’ Penguin helps Ms. Suzanne teach the “P” sound.
Lazy Leo Lion helps Ms. Suzanne teach the “L” sound.
Cliff and Cali the Cute Kitties help Ms. Suzanne teach your child the “K” sound and the “KL” cluster sound.
There are more, many more friends who help us learn our speech sounds and sound clusters so we’ll have Distinct Speech.
Speech delays and disorders can be caused by:
- premature birth
- developmental delays and disorders
- ASD / autism
- ADHD / ADD
- Down’s Syndrome
- environmental deprivation
- intellectual disabilities
- cerebral palsy
- muscular dystrophy
- brain injury
- hearing loss
Without treatment, research has found that a speech delay or disorder can:
- get worse
- impede your child’s success in school
- slow your child’s ability to learn to read and write
- hinder communication with friends and family
- compromise your child’s self-confidence
- sadly, a speech problem can make a child more susceptible to bullying
A licensed and certified Speech Pathologist with distinctspeech.com will evaluate and provide individualized training tailored to your child’s specific needs.
Ms. Suzanne also offers parent and caregiver counseling. Plus, we have the Video Gym and many Resources for practice between therapy sessions. Therapy is on-line, one-on-one, at your convenience and always conducted by a licensed and certified Speech Pathologist.
Adults also sign up for articulation therapy with Distinct Speech to say “Goodbye” to a speech sound issue they’ve had since childhood.
