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Importance of Blowing in Speech Therapy

  How does blowing help children development in speech therapy? Oral motor skills: Blowing bubbles develops the small muscles in your child’s mouth as they pucker their lips and blow bubbles. Strengthening their muscles is important for developing their ability to form clear sounds when speaking and to eat and swallow safely.   Blowing is a basic component of speech mechanism. It improves the respiratory patterns and strength. At Global Child Wellness Centre, we use musical instruments which cause harmonical results. Whistle or blow toys are a great option. Oral skills can greatly be improved with this form of activity like blowing bubbles. Oral motor input is important for self-calming. Every parent desire their children to be able to blow birthday candles.   Most children pickup naturally but children with autism and ADHD may need little help. Gum massage is a simple effective way for oral stimulation. Blowing powder or paper or balloons is very beneficial...

The Importance of Consulting with A Child Psychologist in The Current Time

  What does it mean to be a child psychologist A child psychologist is a professional who has the clinical skills and training to assess and treat children, adolescents, toddlers, and infants' mental, emotional and behavioral health. Child psychologists are able to understand the psychological needs of children, adolescents, and their families. Social and emotional adjustment. Developmental processes. Behavioral adaptation. A child psychologist is also an expert in the mental and behavioral disorders that can affect children. What does a child psychologist do? When working with children or adolescents, child psychologists employ a variety of skills and procedures. Testing and evaluation to assess psychological, intellectual, cognitive, and behavioral issues. Psychotherapy ( talk therapy ) can be used to help with behavior management. Develop prevention programs such as bullying prevention, addictions prevention, and teen pregnancy prevention. Consult w...

Importance Of Consulting with A Child Psychologist

Child psychologist , at Global Child deals with the mental, emotional, social and behavioural problems of a child. She helps the parents by making understanding them about the problems and by telling them how to deal with such situations when needed. According to the age and needs, a child psychologist uses different kinds of therapies. Such as- ·         Behavioural Therapy ·         Occupational Therapy ·         Play Therapy ·         Speech therapy ·         Parent-Child Interaction Therapy It is important to consult with a child psychologist because in today's time everyone is going through a lot of problems and nobody has time to listen to other's problems. In today's time, children go through a lot of anxiety & stress. In this situation, a psychologist is the one with whom a child can f...

Conflict Resolution in Children. How do you build the skills of conflict resolution in children?

  Life will certainly involve conflict, and it might start young; Interpersonal conflict-stem occur when a child snatches a toy from another kid. In older kids, this can lead to disagreements, arguments, or other types of conflict. Educating children about conflict resolution involves teaching them how to solve problems when they are involved in a conflict. Since no one can always expect things to go their way, it’s crucial to teach children conflict resolution techniques from a early age. Every child has a different way to respond to a particular conflict. A child who doesn’t know how to communicate his feelings, might starts to cry when a conflict occurs ofa child who doesn’t know how to manage his anger in an argument might project his anger onto a friend. When a child doesn’t know how to respond to a particular conflict, it can lead to a sense of frustration and confusion which can further lead the child to act out. Following are some of the techniques that parents and teachers...

What Is Speech Therapy?

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  Speech therapy deals with the diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders and communication problems. This is done by speech-language pathologists, also known as speech therapists. To improve communication, speech therapy techniques can be used. These techniques include language intervention activities and articulation therapy. They are dependent on the type of speech or  language disorder . Speech therapy may be necessary for  speech disorder  in children or speech impairments in adults due to injury or illness such as stroke or  brain injuries . Why would you need speech therapy? Speech therapy can treat many speech and language disorders . Articulation disorders  :  A articulation disorder refers to the inability or difficulty with certain word sounds being formed. This speech disorder can cause a child to drop, swap, distort or add words sounds. Distorting a word could be described as saying "thigh" rather than "this". Fluency...