Individual speech therapy support programs for children

Almost all children go to kindergarten. But not every child can get a job in a regular preschool institution. After all, some children have health problems. There are specialized kindergartens for such children. There are many preschool educational institutions (DOUs), which have different directions and profiles. Corrective kindergartens in Moscow will be discussed in this material.

Information about speech therapy kindergarten

These kindergartens with a speech therapy focus do not accept all children with poor speaking ability. Preschoolers with the following speech defects are most often sent to speech kindergarten:

• alalia;
• dysarthria;
• stuttering.

The girl is studying with a speech therapist

Severe disorders may be accompanied by a lag in the development of the emotional-volitional sphere and higher mental functions. Therefore, in addition to the speech therapist, classes at this preschool educational institution are also conducted by a defectologist. If in a regular kindergarten the program is aimed at further preparing children for school, then the main goal of a speech therapy kindergarten is to overcome speech defects.

Features of speech therapy work with children with ASD

The specialist organizes classes not only in accordance with the child’s age, but also taking into account his speech development. At the preschool educational institution, the speech therapist works in the following areas:

• formation of articulatory motor skills;
• correction of phonetic-phonemic processes;
• activation and expansion of vocabulary;
• correction of the sound pronunciation side;
• formation of grammatical structure;
• formation of coherent speech;
• correction of general and finger motor skills.

Important! At the beginning of the school year, a specialist conducts a speech therapy examination of all children. Based on his results, he writes a program for individual and frontal correctional classes.

In the speech therapy kindergarten, individual lessons are held every day. Their duration does not exceed 15-20 minutes.

Individual lesson with a speech therapist

In individual lessons, the speech therapist focuses on correcting sound pronunciation and practicing concepts with which the child has the most difficulty in frontal classes. In frontal lessons, the main work is based on the formation of lexical and grammatical structure. Group and subgroup classes are held 3-4 times a week.

In a speech therapy kindergarten, each group is assigned a specialist who constantly interacts with parents and other teachers. Each child has his own speech therapy notebook for preschoolers for homework, which he does together with his parents. A speech therapist in a speech kindergarten communicates with parents on an equal basis with the teacher, because in this preschool educational institution the main thing is to adjust speech development as much as possible and bring it closer to normal.

Specifics of speech therapy sessions with non-speaking children 3-4 years old

One of the TNR is alalia, when a child does not speak at all, or at the age of 3-4 years he communicates in words not connected in sentences, or in simple phrases.

Important! The speech therapist builds his work from the stage at which the child’s problems began. If difficulties appeared at the babbling stage, then the specialist builds corrective work starting from this stage.

Non-speaking children have no need to communicate, so one of the tasks of a speech therapist is to create a favorable speech environment for them. Work on sound pronunciation begins with preserved sounds, on the basis of which articulation patterns are developed. The specialist practices the simplest concepts: “give”, “hello”, “bye”, etc. The main lexical topics of the classes: “Family”, “Toys”, “Animals”.

All classes must be accompanied by practical actions so that the child retains the material worked out in class. In non-speaking children, the muscle tone of the tongue is often impaired, so one of the areas of work is speech therapy massage.

Important! The specialist must complete speech therapy massage courses. Because when working with children with TNR, special types of massage are used.

The main task of speech therapy chants and rhythms

When working with a child with a complex speech defect, the speech therapist does not focus on the quality of sound pronunciation. The main thing is to create in him a need for communication.

Finger theater in class

Specifics of a speech pathologist’s work with children with SLD

In the speech preschool educational institution there is a defectologist who is involved in the correction of higher mental functions (HMF). He works in the following areas:

• development of cognitive activity;
• stimulation of speech activity;
• development of the motor sphere;
• development of mental functions;
• behavioral correction.

Important! Preschoolers with SLD often have mental retardation, varying degrees of mental retardation, and autism spectrum disorders. Speech development is closely interconnected with HMF, so the defectologist works in parallel with the work of the speech therapist. In this way, the principle of complex influence is implemented.

Features of an individual speech therapy program

Correctional work with children with disabilities is based on 4 main stages:

• diagnostic;
• preparatory;
• correctional and developmental;
• evaluative.

All classes are based on the characteristics of the defect in order to maximally correct its development. During diagnosis, the speech therapist checks whether speech development is appropriate for age. The individual program of speech therapy support for children with disabilities has approximate content and does not have a strict time frame. The speech therapist still has the opportunity to make adjustments based on the dynamics of the child’s development. Thematic planning does not always correspond to group planning, since the goal of individual speech therapy support is to overcome a speech defect.

At the assessment stage, the specialist conducts diagnostics and compares them with the results obtained at the beginning of the year. Based on this, a work plan for the next academic year will be drawn up.

Articulation gymnastics

An example of a lesson with a child with STD

When working with children with complex speech disorders, it is recommended to use health-saving technologies to stimulate speech activity. These are bioenergoplastics, use for Su-Jok massage and others. Throughout the lesson, the speech therapist encourages any speech activity of the preschooler.

The structure of the lesson is as follows:

1. An organizational moment, the purpose of which is to set up the lesson.
2. Work on the vocal cords, the main exercise is singing vowels.
3. Articulation gymnastics.
4. Work on the communicative function of speech.
5. Work on phonetic-phonemic processes.
6. Correction of finger motor skills.
7. Working on understanding facial expressions.
8. Work on lexical and grammatical structure with the help of theatrical games.
9. The result of a lesson in which the speech therapist talks about the child’s achievements.

Important! If a student refuses to do an exercise, there is no need to force him to do anything. The teacher suggests trying to do other tasks. It is important to create a situation of success.

Diagnostic card template for children with mental retardation

This is an example of a map that specialists most often use in their work. It contains all the necessary data for organizing corrective work and monitoring.

Conclusion template for children with mental retardation

Advantages of our work

Classes are conducted in an interesting playful way, so they not only contribute to the development of the child, but also give him a lot of positive emotions and a good mood. Our specialists use modern, effective techniques, thanks to which you will be able to notice results literally after your first visit. The services of a kindergarten speech therapist include the prevention and correction of absolutely any speech disorders, and thanks to them, very soon your child will learn to pronounce sounds correctly, pronounce even complex words and entire sentences.

Kindergartens with speech therapy groups

This is an alternative to a speech preschool educational institution, because it is not so easy to get into a specialized institution. A speech therapy correction group is a special group that accepts children with speech disorders aged 5-6 years. Some preschool educational institutions have speech therapy groups for preschoolers with mental retardation.

Not only a speech therapist, but also a defectologist works with preschoolers with mental retardation. He deals with the correction of mental processes and normalization of the emotional-volitional sphere. The speech therapist must interact with teachers, a music worker, and a physical education teacher. One of the main principles of working with preschoolers with SLD is complex influence.

Consultation for parents on speech development of children 3-4 years old

The speech therapy group conducts classes not only on the correction of speech disorders, but also on logorhythmics and exercise therapy. A correction occurs on the tempo-rhythmic side, motor skills.

Important! All teachers use health-saving technologies in their work. There is a day when the speech therapist works in the afternoon to consult with parents.

Defectologists use in their work special speech therapy notebooks for children with special needs with exercises to practice skills:

• Teremkova N.E.;
• Komarova L.A.;
• Tkachenko T.A.;
• Novotvortseva N.V.;
• Arbekova N.E.

These notebooks are used in class and for homework. The content of these manuals is designed taking into account the characteristics of persons with STD.

Group lesson with speech therapist

By the end of training in a speech therapy group, the speech development of pupils should be as close to normal as possible and they should be ready for school. With successful correction work, the following results will be achieved:

• correct sound pronunciation;
• formed syllable structure;
• the muscle tone of the articulatory apparatus is normalized;
• vocabulary will be close to normal;
• the child will be able to communicate in complex common sentences;
• master the skills of word formation and agreement;
• motor sphere improves;
• the child knows how to behave in classes and during games;
• there is an understanding of what a sound is, what a letter is;
• master basic reading and writing skills.

Important! But it all depends on the severity of the defect, because in the case of complex disorders, success occurs when the preschooler is able to communicate in complex sentences. Therefore, there are fewer children in a speech therapy group than in a regular group, so that teachers can devote enough time to teaching them.

How to place your child in a special preschool

A child enters a correctional kindergarten solely on the direction of a doctor, who observes his little patient, makes a diagnosis and prescribes therapy. Additional education in a special institution is an auxiliary means of complex treatment.

Lessons in such institutions are conducted taking into account the diagnosis identified in the child. Correctional kindergartens enroll a limited number of children. If in ordinary preschool educational institutions their number reaches 20-30 children per teacher, then in specialized institutions the groups are 2-3 times smaller, and there are more teachers. This has a beneficial effect on the students. After all, they are given more time and attention.

Special organizations have their drawbacks. Their number is very limited. It happens that a kindergarten is located in one area, and a family lives in the opposite part of the metropolis. Parents have to take their baby from one end of the city to the other. This creates inconvenience for children and adults. But there are kindergartens where teachers work around the clock. If necessary, parents can leave their children under the watchful supervision of teachers.

Private speech therapy garden

Because of the difficulty of getting into a state kindergarten for children with special needs, some choose a private educational institution. The advantages of such a speech therapy garden are:

• qualified specialists - often speech therapists go to work in private kindergartens due to high salaries;
• more modern offices;
• classes using ICT (not all government institutions have this opportunity);
• the use of non-standard methods, because in private institutions teachers are given creative freedom.

Speech therapists in private educational institutions work according to the same scheme as in public kindergartens. When working with children with ODD, the main emphasis is on the lexical and grammatical structure and the formation of communication skills, because it is the skill of constructing coherent statements that primarily suffers.

Our prices

As for the cost of visiting, we offer the most optimal and affordable prices in Moscow. For the “Development of the XXI Century” network of kindergartens, it is important that our institutions are accessible to everyone. The monthly visit fee is charged at a flat rate, with no surprise increases or additional fees. The only exception is payment for individual lessons - it depends on how many times a month the teacher will work with the child.