Speech therapy for children in Almaty
Developing and correcting speech
Speech therapy sessions work on spoken language, correct difficulties with speech and build sound speech habits.
Before sessions begin, the specialist establishes where the child's speech is and what the main difficulties are, then sets the content and order of the work from there.
What the work covers
Depending on what an individual child needs, sessions may work on:
- correct pronunciation of sounds
- establishing and automating sounds
- distinguishing and using sounds correctly in speech
- phonemic awareness
- vocabulary
- grammatically correct speech
- connected speech
- building sentences and telling a story
- listening and verbal attention
- preparation for literacy, reading and writing
How sessions work
The work is sequential and includes exercises for the speech apparatus, listening perception, pronunciation and language skills.
- articulation exercises
- phonemic awareness exercises
- establishing and automating sounds
- vocabulary and grammatical structure
- building connected speech
- play-based and spoken exercises
- preparation for reading and writing
What to expect
- pronounces sounds more clearly
- uses sounds correctly in speech
- has stronger phonemic awareness
- has a wider vocabulary
- uses grammar more accurately
- expresses ideas more clearly and in order
- has the spoken foundation that reading and writing need
Our aim is to create the conditions for a child's speech to develop fully, and to give them the foundation that learning and conversation rest on.