Speech Therapy

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What is speach therapy

Speech therapy is the science that deals with the prevention,  diagnosis and treatment of speech, voice, and speech disorders as well as  chewing - swallowing in children and adults, whatever the cause of these disorders.

Regarding children, speech therapy can:

  • Help them to communicate more effectively
  • To make known their  needs
  • To structure their  speech
  • To improve his articulation
  • To organize their thinking
  • To improve their social skills
  • Articulation  disorders
  • Phonological disorders
  • Speech rhythm disorders (stuttering, tachycardia)
  • Distraction and hyperactivity.
  • Voice disorders
  • Diffuse developmental disorders (autism)
  • Speech delay and Special language disorders
  • Various syndromes
  • Mental retardation
  • Cases of Bilingualism
  • Hearing loss
  • Brain paralysis
  • Difficulty chewing-swallowing
  • Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
 
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Intervention methods

 

  • GoTalk20+

    GoTalk20 + is a powerful, portable, easy to use and very durable speech output device. It is light and has a capacity of 100 messages. One message / word for each of the 20 message keys available for each of the 5 levels it has. Additionally, there are 5 buttons for key messages remain the same even when the level changes.

  • GRID

    Το GRID is one of the most complete Alternative and Augmentation software Communication. Its capabilities as an alternative communication tool as well therapeutic / educational process are limited only by the time is dedicated to creating activities and grids of use and tables communication. The environment is open allowing the therapist / trainer to fully adapt the user interface.

    Features:

    word prediction from embedded dictionary
    possibility of dictionary enrichment
    auto "click" (expiration of time) for the keyboard keys
    with phrase and macro functions
    ready examples of multiplexing software (see also below) that cover most needs(in collaboration with IDEASIS software manufacturer)
    possibility of creating multiplexes or customizing multiplexes
    fully supports the Greek language (in collaboration with IDEASIS software manufacturer)
    as the ability to work with voice synthesis software to pronounce the contents of the grids and
    comes with a built - in voice system software for pronunciation for two voices in Greek: 1 male and 1 female, so that environment to be complete (without additional cost for the purchase of voice in Greek).
  • PECS

    PECS is a unique alternative / enhancement communication system via image sharing developed in the USA in 1985 by Andy Bondy, PhD, and Lori Frost, MS, CCC-SLP. Its purpose is to teach functional communication through specific techniques assistance and support. It consists of six stages starting learning the person to give an image of a desired object, to structures sentences, answers questions as well as in the final stage to comment.

  • «Oral Placement Therapy» for speech clarity and feeding

    OPT is a tactile - proprietary training technique complementary to traditional therapy (acoustic and visual). The aim is to improve the awareness of the modules, the placement, the stability and memory of the movement that is necessary for clarity of speech. It also improves and strengthens them mechanisms necessary in the process of feeding.

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The Special Child Center is a place of special treatments created after my many years of experience in the field of physiotherapy intervention in infants, children and adolescents with neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders.Read More

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