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Speech Therapy Information
Our Contributor
The author, Ms. Magan Chen trained in London, U.K. (M. Sc.) and Sydney, Australia (B. App. Sc. in Speech Pathology) and has more than 19 years of speech and language therapy experience. She has helped more than 1000 individuals to overcome their communication or learning difficulties.
Magan is a registered Certified Practising Speech Language Pathologist (CPSP) with the Speech Pathology Australia.
Together with a few speech therapists, she helped found the Speech Language and Hearing Association Singapore (SHAS) (thanks for the privilege, Helen, Praema, Poh Sim and company!) and served as its first President.
Magan is currently practising at Leo Magan Speech Sanctuary in Singapore. If you would like to see a highly experienced speech language therapist / pathologist for an initial consultation, please call us at (65) 6223-7876. Alternatively, please use the feedback form on our Contact Us page.
Magan is also team leader of the product development team of 'KeepLearning! Puzzle - Why?'.
Optimize Your Child's Speech and Language Development with Speech Therapy
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!
Next: Let's Talk Today: Teaching Your Child Speech and Language
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