Martinez TracySpeech therapy massage allows you to correct diction and teach your child to pronounce a large number of sounds correctly. With proper preparation, it can be done at home by yourself.
Parents of children with speech disorders know firsthand what a speech therapy massage is. With his help, you can not only activate the muscles of the speech apparatus, but also teach your child how to correctly articulate sounds. If the speech organs are ready to work, and complex sounds become easier to pronounce. Moreover, these exercises are good help in cases where children are difficult to pronounce a large number of sounds.
It makes a speech therapist. The list of speech disorders in which the massage is assigned is quite extensive. With delayed speech development and the right approach, it is possible to completely eliminate the problem, if there are no other abnormalities. If the child’s speech lag is significant, parents should be prepared for the fact that it will take a long time to bring the speech to normal.
Logopedic tongue massage helps cope with the following tasks:
Correction of correct sound pronunciation.
Normalization and formation of breathing (diaphragmatic, not upper or clavicular).
Improvement of the condition and quality of the voice and vocal cords.
Strengthening of pharyngeal reflexes.
Normalization of the correct trajectory of the articulation organs.
Parents should be aware that there are a number of contraindications. They are of a temporary nature, and require the occupation to be postponed for some time.
For example, children’s speech therapy massage is not recommended under the following circumstances:
- Elevated temperature;
- Cold or acute respiratory illness;
- Inflammation of the gums;
- Stomatitis;
- Conjunctivitis;
- Lymphatic drainage disorders;
- Enlarged lymph nodes;
- If there is blood in the feces;
- Herpetic infection.
There are other contraindications, but they are all avoidable. As a rule, the massage is simply postponed until they are eliminated.
Peculiarities of the procedure
Before starting the procedure, the speech therapist examines the state of mimic, articulator muscles, general, hand motor skills. He or she determines their condition: whether they are tense or passive, whether there are twitching, asymmetry in the muscles, and, depending on this, selects the appropriate set of exercises. During the massage session, the specialist talks to the parents in detail and shows them the ins and outs of the procedure.
Massage for the development of speech is recommended to do in several cycles, each of which includes 10 sessions. The sessions are done either every day or every other day. The interval between cycles is 1-2 months. If there is no possibility of frequent visits to a speech therapist, it is allowed to increase the distance between sessions.
It is practically meaningless without simultaneously conducting classes for the correction of existing speech disorders. For example, I give speech therapy massages free of charge as part of individual lessons in the correction of pronunciation.
