Objectives of Speech Therapy

What are the Objectives of Speech Therapy?

Developing spoken language skills, picking up nonverbal cues like gestures and signs, or picking up alternate forms of communication (such technology or images) are common objectives of speech therapy. The following are a few of the abilities that speech therapy will target:

• Building up the jaw, neck, and mouth muscles

• Articulating speech sounds more clearly

• Matching the right face expression to the right feelings

• Knowing how to read body language

• Answering questions

• Relating an image to its description

• Expressing the right word on an iPad using a speech app

• Changing the voice's tone