For parents seeking help from a Speech Language Pathologist / Therapist, here are just some of the ways a speech therapist uses her expertise to help you maximize your child’s speech and language development:
1. Parents may on occasions inadvertently miss out on opportunities for the child to communicate instead of actively creating more opportunities. To find out more, go to Tips for Parents or Teachers – Creating Opportunities for Teaching Your Child to Talk.
2. Parents may not recognize pre-requisites or less mature attempts at certain skills, instead of taking whatever a child’s current level is as stepping stones to better communication.
3. Parents may teach their child at a level that is too difficult, instead of providing the right amount of stimulation at the most beneficial level for their child.
4. Speech and language comes so naturally to adults that parents may not know how to begin at the basics to explain or teach it.
5. Parents may not have enough alternative strategies to be flexible and adaptable to possible setbacks.
6. Parents may have the right technique but lack the experience and confidence to be patient and to persevere long enough to see improvement.
Do feel free to communicate with your speech therapist so that you can both be open to ideas each has to offer in bringing out the best in your child!
Our Contributor
The author, Ms Magan Chen brings with her more than 21 years of speech and language therapy experience in both private hospital and enrichment centre settings. This gives us exceptional understanding of our clients’ medical and/or school needs.
She has helped more than 1500 individuals to overcome their communication or learning difficulties.
Ms. Magan Chen trained in London, U.K. (M.Sc. Human Communication) and Sydney, Australia (B. App. Sc. in Speech Pathology).
Magan is a registered Certified Practising Speech Language Pathologist (CPSP) with the Speech Pathology Australia.
She is also the founding President and a registered member of Speech-Language and Hearing Association Singapore (SHAS, the professional body representing Speech Language Therapists in Singapore.
Magan has been interviewed and featured in various newspapers and magazines such as Young Parents Magazine, The Straits Times & The New Paper.
Together with Magan, our team of competent and caring speech language therapists and teachers help hundreds of individuals improve their ability to communicate and have more say in life.
If you would like to see a highly experienced speech language therapist / pathologist for an initial consultation, please call us at (65) 6223-7876.
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