How can Speech Therapy help?
A certified speech-language pathologist (SLP) will assess your child’s communication potential using a variety of techniques/tools. Your SLP will consider your child’s language/cognitive skills, fine motor skills, vision, hearing, and positioning when making recommendations for techniques/tools that will help your child communicate. Assessment is an ongoing process that continues throughout therapy, as AAC systems need to evolve as the child’s communication abilities evolve. Therapy will help maximize effective communication between your child and his/her communication partners across the lifespan.
Social Communication disorder
A Social Communication Disorder affects a child’s ability to communicate effectively in a social setting. Some examples are difficulty: using greetings appropriately; telling or understanding stories; initiating, maintaining, and ending conversation; and making and keeping friendships. Social communication disorder can result in difficulty participating in social settings, developing relationships, achieving academic success, and performing successfully on the job in adulthood.