The early years of schooling are a significant time in children’s development, with implications for their educational achievement, future lives, and society (Grunewald & Rolnick).

Communication in the school environment is presented to be challenging for all children. And it’s particularly more challenging for children with speech and language disorders.

Children with speech sound disorders, their parents and teachers have difficulty in meeting the children’s learning needs. This affects their confidence and participation in classroom learning experiences. Additionally, there are indications of the impact of the children’s speech sound disorders on their educational progress. The children’s educational experiences also concerned their parents as they endeavored to support and promote their children’s learning outcomes, and concerned their teachers in meeting the needs of these children and their families.

Children learn how to talk and listen at different rates irrespective of the children’s language development. If you’re worried about your child’s speech development or their teacher has concerns, the best thing you can do is get it checked out professionally.

PROBLEMS FACED BY THE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL

• Mis Articulation: –

In this case the child will have difficulty in pronouncing the word correctly.

Ex: – the child may say TAT for CA

• Difficulty in saying or remembering words that are meaningful
• Difficulty in using Socially accepted way of interacting
• Slow learner
• No fluency in Speech
• Problem in voice
• Poor in understanding the speech of the others
• Poor in writing and reading skills

WHAT HAS TO BE DONE WHEN THE CHILD IS SEEN WITH THE ABOVE PROBLEM

• The first step to do is make the parent aware of the problem (mostly the teacher does this)
• Once the parent is counseled about the Childs problem I, the parent must take the child to SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST.
• The speech and language pathologist will Assess and explain the parent about the child’s problem
• The child will need speech therapy, which will help the child to overcome his/her speech and language problem

Thus, a SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST   work with kids and adult in helping them to overcome their speech problems and help them communicate overcoming all the barriers and communicate confidently