Speech Pathology
Samm met her speech pathologist today, after going through the usual long interviews , we were given some lessons on what to do with Sams speech therapy. Teacher Rorie educated us the importance of INFORMATION TALK (INFO TALK) provides auditory bombardment of the target vocabulary engage in activities of daily living. names of family, common objects being used everyday, and actions being done everyday. example: 1. "dede.....dede Sam....dede" 2. "papa....carry by Papa....Papa" 3. " mama....carry by mama.. mama" reduplicated babbling It gave us a better perspective on Sams present stage. Speech according to Teacher Rorie is a fine motor skill, where in it involes smaller groups of muscles. Part of the therapy is continuing oral stimulation excercises. It is quite a challenging task but we know we will hear someday Sam will say "I LOVE YOU DADDY".