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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SLT for young kids is often centered on training the muscles of the mouth. For those of you who believe it is useless for young kids because you didn't see results until 3 years old have you thought about what your child's speech would be if he/she didn't receive any intervention prior to that age? the work that seemed useless to you was actually training those muscles to work properly and then the progress could be made once the cognitive abilities started to kick in. If you were starting SLT at the age of 3 the therapist would have to re-train your child's mouth muscles. Also, for those who insist that blowing bubbles is useless try blowing bubbles for a long time and see how much of your mouth muscles are used - that is what will help your child in the long run. Muscle memory is hard to change and adapt once a child is older. A good therapist will have a varying degree of activities that the child should use in order to keep them engaged. I agree that if it is only blowing bubbles then it will get boring - they should be blowing whistles and other age-appropriate activities.[/quote]

It depends on the child.  It was useless for us.  We can do bubble blowing without paying $120 an hour.  Parents can easily do basic engagement.  I want to pay for the specialized help and parent training to work at home.  Now, at 3, it is worth it to have the help and support.  Before then, it was good to get them used to the setting and working, but not for actual speech (and we love our therapist).[/quote]

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