Jill Feldbaum

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Jill Feldbaum - Speech and Language Pathologist Understanding Speech and Language Therapy What Is Speech-Language Therapy? Speech-language therapy is the treatment of kids with speech and/or language disorders. A speech disorder refers to a problem with the actual production of sounds, whereas a language disorder refers to a difficulty understanding or putting words together to communicate ideas. Specialists in Speech-Language Therapy Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), often informally known as speech therapists, are professionals educated in the study of human communication, its development, and its disorders. They hold at least a master's degree and state certification/licensure in the field, as well as a Certificate of Clinical Competency from ASHA. By assessing the speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing skills of children and adults, speech-language pathologists can identify types of communication problems and the best way to treat them. SLPs treat problems in the areas of articulation; dysfluency; oral-motor, speech, and voice; and receptive and expressive language disorders. When Is Therapy Needed?Kids might need speech-language therapy for a variety of reasons, including: hearing impairments cognitive (intellectual; thinking) or other developmental delays weak oral muscles/motor planning problems (apraxia, dysarthria) birth defects such as cleft lip or cleft palate autism motor planning problems traumatic brain injury concussion related sports injuries additional injuries Therapy should begin as soon as possible. Children enrolled in therapy early in their development (younger than 3 years) tend to have better outcomes than those who begin therapy later. This does not mean that older kids can't make progress in therapy; they may progress at a slower rate because they often have learned patterns that need to be changed. Speech Therapy ASHA Certified Speech Language Pathologist Serving Philadelphia and New Jersey sin