Speech Therapy Sessions

Speech Therapy Sessions - these individual sessions aim to develop, correct, and improve a child’s speech. The speech therapist works on speech and language development, improving sound pronunciation, as well as enhancing understanding and communication skills, all while working at the child's own pace.

Sessions are conducted by experienced speech therapists-defectologists who adopt an individualized approach to each child, creating a comfortable and supportive atmosphere. At MCRN, the sessions often take the form of play, making the learning process enjoyable and effective.

When should you see a speech therapist?
✔Ages 0 to 1.5 years:
At this age, it's important to get a proper diagnosis, consultation, and recommendations to ensure the child’s speech is developing correctly.

✔Ages 1.5 to 2.5 years:
If the child doesn't have basic words like "mama," "papa," or "grandma" in their vocabulary but speaks a lot in their "own" incomprehensible language.

✔Ages 2.5 to 3.5 years:
If the child understands everything but refuses to speak, doesn't respond to questions, communicates with gestures and mumbling, and uses only a few words without forming coherent phrases.

✔Ages 3.5 to 5/6 years:
If the child distorts sounds (like "kisia," "siapka," or "liba") or mispronounces them (lisping, mumbling, gargling), doesn’t build phrases or sentences, and avoids verbal communication altogether.

✔When the child starts school:
-If reading and communication problems arise, the child has difficulty forming sentences or expressing thoughts.
-Pay attention to writing problems: If the child skips or confuses letters, writes them in reverse or mirrored forms, or creates text without punctuation marks.

Benefits of Speech Therapy for Children:
-You can identify speech development issues early and correct them or find alternative communication methods.
-Speech therapy sessions will help the child communicate more confidently with others.
-The speech therapist will provide recommendations to develop speech and language at home.
-Even if there are no obvious issues, a consultation will help confirm that the child’s speech is developing harmoniously.

How the session works:
1.Child’s assessment: The speech therapist conducts a speech development diagnosis and identifies strengths and weaknesses.
2.Individualized session plan: A program is developed that takes the child’s specific needs into account.
3.Practical tasks: Articulation exercises to improve speech organs, work on sound production, phonemic awareness development, vocabulary expansion, and grammatical correctness, as well as play tasks to stimulate speech and encourage active communication.
4.Recommendations: Parents receive advice for reinforcing session outcomes at home.

Contraindications:
-Acute infectious diseases, fever
-Severe emotional disorders in the acute phase
-Post-injury or surgery conditions that limit speech activity

All speech therapy sessions at MCRN are adapted to the child's needs and age-specific characteristics, and the work is carried out in a playful format to help the child adapt more easily. Our specialists work on speech, cognitive, and emotional development aspects, guiding the child to achieve results. It is also very important to follow the specialists’ recommendations at home.

We are waiting for you at the MCRN:)