What is Speech-Language Therapy? Millburn School District 24

Overview Speech and Language therapy is the evaluation and treatment of communication disorders including difficulties with articulation, language, fluency, voice/resonance, and swallowing.

Articulation Articulation disorders involve difficulty producing speech sounds, both consonants and vowel, in isolation, syllables, words, sentences, and conversation. Articulation of speech sounds involve the use of articulators including the lips, teeth, tongue, jaw, soft palate, and larynx. These speech sound errors can impact the ability to be understood by others.  

Language Language disorders may include both difficulty with receptive language (i.e., how language is understood) and expressive language (i.e., how language is used). Areas addressed include but are not limited to following directions, answering and asking questions, comprehension and use of grammar, social language skills, understanding and using figurative language, auditory comprehension, word retrieval, and vocabulary.

Fluency Fluency disorders involve the disruption of the flow of speech (e.g., stuttering) such as repetitions, prolongations, and hesitations.

Voice/Resonance Voice/Resonance disorders involve the quality of the voice including nasality, pitch, tone, and volume.

Swallowing Swallowing disorders involve difficulty with feeding and swallowing.