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".