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Infants and Acid

As parents and therapists, we frequently experience acidic regurgitation issues with our infants. If an infant is having more than the typical stomach issues and before an acid reflux diagnosis is made, the infant’s functioning level could look like a therapy -related deficit (e.g. feeding/oral-motor deficit, behavioral issues, decreased purposeful play, etc.).

If an infant is suffering from acid reflux and it is addressed through appropriate medication, parents typically see improvements in areas of the infants daily functioning. Or maybe the issues looked like acid reflux, but were actually related to something else. What are you and your infant’s experiences with this diagnosis?

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Specific Language Impairment (SLI) Language Delay

Characteristics

Specific language impairment (SLI) is a term that is used to refer to “a child whose language development is substantially below age level, for no apparent cause” (Bishop, 1997). SLI has also been referred to as delayed language; however, the use of the term delayed language implies that the child is developing language but only at a slower pace.

While the linguistic characteristics are similar for both delayed language and SLI, delayed language is a more appropriate term for recognizing a preschool child’s language difficulties, and SLI is thought to be more appropriate to refer to an older child who is experiencing this type of language difficulty (Whitehurst & Fischel, 1994).

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Speech Language Pathology

HMSystems helps children to develop their vocabulary and guide them through Communication includes Speech (articulation, intonation, rate,
intensity, voice, resonance, fluency), Language (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics), both receptive and expressive language and non-verbal communication such as facial expression, posture and gesture.