Speech-language experts agree that parental involvement is crucial to the success of a child's progress in speech or language therapy.
Parents are an extremely important part of their child's therapy program, and help determine whether it is a success. Kids who complete the program quickest and with the most lasting results are those whose parents have been involved.
Ask the therapist for suggestions on how you can help your child. For instance, it's important to help your child do the at-home stimulation activities that the SLP suggests to ensure continued progress and carry-over of newly learned skills.
Amy Nelson, MA, CCC-SLP kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/speech_therapy.html
Suggestions for Parents
At Prairieview, children working primarily on articulation skills are given assignments to practice at home. Please listen to them as they complete the homework and sign it to indicate that someone listened to them. Students should return the speech work to school in the speech pocket of their binder.
Parents can help students with receptive and expressive language deficits by discussing stories that they are reading or programs that they watch on television. Ask the child to explain the main idea from a page they have read, or 5-10 minute television episode. Encourage them to list one or two details from the selection. Older students should be able to tell how they feel about what they read/saw or how it relates to their own lives. This will help them to interpret what they read.
