Assessment of the Use of ©GORA Gestures in Language Communication Therapy of a Child with Impaired Speech Development (A Therapist’s Perspective)

The purpose of this article was to evaluate the use of articulatory gestures by specialists in language communication therapy. Impaired speech development significantly impedes the individual’s language communication, leading to developmental deficits in the emotional, cognitive and social spheres....

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Main Authors: Aleksandra Karwowska, Gabriela Lorens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wydawnictwo LIBRON 2020-06-01
Series:Konteksty Pedagogiczne
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Online Access:https://kontekstypedagogiczne.pl/kp/article/view/247
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spelling doaj-a6ce0224bdea49da8c5a4bad75ba4ab52021-04-24T18:38:03ZengWydawnictwo LIBRONKonteksty Pedagogiczne2300-64712020-06-0111410.19265/kp.2020.1.14.247Assessment of the Use of ©GORA Gestures in Language Communication Therapy of a Child with Impaired Speech Development (A Therapist’s Perspective)Aleksandra Karwowska0Gabriela Lorens1The Maria Grzegorzewska University in WarsawThe Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw The purpose of this article was to evaluate the use of articulatory gestures by specialists in language communication therapy. Impaired speech development significantly impedes the individual’s language communication, leading to developmental deficits in the emotional, cognitive and social spheres. Articulatory gestures are an effective method supporting therapy when working with people with language communication disorders. They help one overcome deficits in the development of motor functions and/or auditory perception, which are the underlying difficulties in mastering the language. Thanks to this, they stimulate the development of the child’s speech and language, building and developing communication and language competencies. The authors of this article verified their observations and thoughts by conducting surveys among speech therapists supporting language communication therapy with articulatory gestures. https://kontekstypedagogiczne.pl/kp/article/view/247©GORA gesturesspeech therapylanguage communication disorders
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author Aleksandra Karwowska
Gabriela Lorens
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Gabriela Lorens
Assessment of the Use of ©GORA Gestures in Language Communication Therapy of a Child with Impaired Speech Development (A Therapist’s Perspective)
Konteksty Pedagogiczne
©GORA gestures
speech therapy
language communication disorders
author_facet Aleksandra Karwowska
Gabriela Lorens
author_sort Aleksandra Karwowska
title Assessment of the Use of ©GORA Gestures in Language Communication Therapy of a Child with Impaired Speech Development (A Therapist’s Perspective)
title_short Assessment of the Use of ©GORA Gestures in Language Communication Therapy of a Child with Impaired Speech Development (A Therapist’s Perspective)
title_full Assessment of the Use of ©GORA Gestures in Language Communication Therapy of a Child with Impaired Speech Development (A Therapist’s Perspective)
title_fullStr Assessment of the Use of ©GORA Gestures in Language Communication Therapy of a Child with Impaired Speech Development (A Therapist’s Perspective)
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of the Use of ©GORA Gestures in Language Communication Therapy of a Child with Impaired Speech Development (A Therapist’s Perspective)
title_sort assessment of the use of ©gora gestures in language communication therapy of a child with impaired speech development (a therapist’s perspective)
publisher Wydawnictwo LIBRON
series Konteksty Pedagogiczne
issn 2300-6471
publishDate 2020-06-01
description The purpose of this article was to evaluate the use of articulatory gestures by specialists in language communication therapy. Impaired speech development significantly impedes the individual’s language communication, leading to developmental deficits in the emotional, cognitive and social spheres. Articulatory gestures are an effective method supporting therapy when working with people with language communication disorders. They help one overcome deficits in the development of motor functions and/or auditory perception, which are the underlying difficulties in mastering the language. Thanks to this, they stimulate the development of the child’s speech and language, building and developing communication and language competencies. The authors of this article verified their observations and thoughts by conducting surveys among speech therapists supporting language communication therapy with articulatory gestures.
topic ©GORA gestures
speech therapy
language communication disorders
url https://kontekstypedagogiczne.pl/kp/article/view/247
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