SPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH/WITHOUT HYPERACTIVITY

In practice, speech therapists encounter various disorders in communication, speech and language. Individual disorders are often accompanied by mental or physical health disorders, which affect the course of diagnostics and therapy. When working with the child population of speech therapists in prac...

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Main Author: Nuša Novak
Format: Article
Language:Slovenian
Published: The Society for Children with Metabolic Disorders 2023-10-01
Series:Slovenska pediatrija
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Online Access: http://www.slovenskapediatrija.si/Portals/0/Clanki/2023/Slovpediatr-2023-3-05en.pdf
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description In practice, speech therapists encounter various disorders in communication, speech and language. Individual disorders are often accompanied by mental or physical health disorders, which affect the course of diagnostics and therapy. When working with the child population of speech therapists in practice, we observe an increase in children who, in addition to communication disorder or a speech-language disorder, also have an associated attention disorder with/without hyperactivity. The paper presents a clinical case of a child with developmental language disorder and associated attention disorder who is included in regular speech therapy treatment from 3.3 to 7.2 years old. In the diagnosis process, standardized and non-standardized speech therapy tests were used, which showed the child‘s deficit in language understanding and expression. Based on the test results, an individualized therapy plan was created, which was based on the stimulation of all language systems. Learning took place through several sensory channels; the combination of auditory-visual stimuli proved to be the most effective approach to mastering a particular skill, and the demonstration method was the most effective work method. The test results on the diagnostic reassessment showed progress in language understanding and expression, and based on clinical observation, progress in the child‘s attention span is also noticeable.
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spelling doaj.art-6435a27a6b1047bfa34c2832bc10da792023-10-13T12:10:44ZslvThe Society for Children with Metabolic DisordersSlovenska pediatrija1318-44232712-39602023-10-0130314214710.38031/slovpediatr-2023-3-05en13184423SPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH/WITHOUT HYPERACTIVITYNuša Novak0 Center za duševno zdravje otrok in mladostnikov OZG OE ZD Škofja Loka, Škofja Loka, Slovenija In practice, speech therapists encounter various disorders in communication, speech and language. Individual disorders are often accompanied by mental or physical health disorders, which affect the course of diagnostics and therapy. When working with the child population of speech therapists in practice, we observe an increase in children who, in addition to communication disorder or a speech-language disorder, also have an associated attention disorder with/without hyperactivity. The paper presents a clinical case of a child with developmental language disorder and associated attention disorder who is included in regular speech therapy treatment from 3.3 to 7.2 years old. In the diagnosis process, standardized and non-standardized speech therapy tests were used, which showed the child‘s deficit in language understanding and expression. Based on the test results, an individualized therapy plan was created, which was based on the stimulation of all language systems. Learning took place through several sensory channels; the combination of auditory-visual stimuli proved to be the most effective approach to mastering a particular skill, and the demonstration method was the most effective work method. The test results on the diagnostic reassessment showed progress in language understanding and expression, and based on clinical observation, progress in the child‘s attention span is also noticeable. http://www.slovenskapediatrija.si/Portals/0/Clanki/2023/Slovpediatr-2023-3-05en.pdf speech therapistdevelopmental language disorderattention deficit disorderspeech therapy diagnostics and therapy
spellingShingle Nuša Novak
SPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH/WITHOUT HYPERACTIVITY
Slovenska pediatrija
speech therapist
developmental language disorder
attention deficit disorder
speech therapy diagnostics and therapy
title SPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH/WITHOUT HYPERACTIVITY
title_full SPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH/WITHOUT HYPERACTIVITY
title_fullStr SPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH/WITHOUT HYPERACTIVITY
title_full_unstemmed SPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH/WITHOUT HYPERACTIVITY
title_short SPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH/WITHOUT HYPERACTIVITY
title_sort speech therapy treatment of children with developmental language disorder and associated attention deficit disorder with without hyperactivity
topic speech therapist
developmental language disorder
attention deficit disorder
speech therapy diagnostics and therapy
url http://www.slovenskapediatrija.si/Portals/0/Clanki/2023/Slovpediatr-2023-3-05en.pdf
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