Following the Interaction between Parent and Child in the Treatment of Speech Disorders

Overview

The work was intended to take advantage of the family potential in the therapy of speech disorders. In a phoniatric outpatient office the authors employed video training in the therapy of various speech disorders. The author’s experience has been described. The work was based on a slowed down and stopped video recording and the family-based therapeutic approach. The tactic makes use of the contact, tuning in and acceptance of the family initiative. The process of speech transfer is subjected to microanalysis. It has become apparent that the mode of interaction of the parents and the state of development of the child’s speech is in a circular connection. The author considers the relation of traditional need of stimulation of speech evolution and overstimulation.

The author maintains the hypothesis that the speech transfer from the parents is mostly unintentional. If the child suffers from a speech disorder, it becomes useful for the parents to improve their competence by experience from micro video analysis of interaction. The langue of video-training, moreover, provides the opportunity of communication between professionals by their experience in the influence of family on the evolution of the child’s speech.

Key words:
interaction with the child, speech disorder treatment, video training, contact, stimulation.