Motor Speech Disorders

Oral motor issues involve stabilization differentiation, tone, and flexibility of the tongue, lips and jaw. There are different kinds of oral motor disorders. A common motor speech disorder is apraxia of speech. Children with motor speech will most often have trouble saying sounds, syllables and words, although they know what words they want to say.

Motor speech disorders are determined through the expert assessment of speech-language pathologists and intervention plans are determined based on diagnosis. Children are often more successful when they are initially part of an individual treatment plan versus group sessions.

“So much of what I do is not only therapy with the kids, it’s also counselling with families and helping. We work together to meet the learning style of the child.” – Tammy