Beth, a six year-old child,
has difficulty learning the rules for pronouncing
sounds. What if the errors are not corrected?
The impact on Beth and her family cannot be underestimated.
Will every teacher
and other students understand what Beth is saying?
If understanding Beth is hard, will teachers and
other students treat her differently?
Could these changes in interactions impact Beth’s
learning or social development in school?
Will Beth’s speech affect interpersonal relationships
at home, in the neighborhood, with her extended
family?
The questions can go on and
on. If Beth receives appropriate speech-language
pathology services the speech problems might be
easily corrected, thus preventing the cascade
of potential educational, social and psychological
fall-out.
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