Speech Therapy

My son has been going to speech therapy for quite a few years now.

He attends a group called "talking heads" which is a pragmatics group designed to help children with their social skills and understanding.

I always used to think that speech therapy was just for kids who had a speech impediment, like stuttering, but this is not true. Speech therapy can cover a wide variety of different issues.

The aim of the group that my son attends is to help the children understand emotions and learn to work together in a group. Many of the children who attend the group are autistic, so have a tendency to want to draw into their shell and work alone. the activities in the group are designed to enable the children to work as a team to achieve an objective.

I think my son has really benefited from the group. When he first started nursery, he would not speak to the other children at all and wandered around the classroom in his own bubble. When he walked into the waiting room today, he was greeted by the other kids and got involved straight away in joining in their game. They were all laughing and co-operating and it was really good to see some improvement in his social skills and the way he interacts with others.