When
he meets speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), the two forge a unique friendship.
Not exact matches
Sometimes, the
therapist, also called a
speech and language pathologist (say: pah - THOL - uh - jist), will come right to your school to
meet with you.
Then the next
meeting, the
speech therapist would have little to report while I cheerfully rambled on and on about all the fine motor development I was seeing.
As an OT, I've sat in many team
meetings when the
speech therapist reports huge gains and goal achievement while the PT and OT reported little.
However, if you should notice that your baby is struggling with
meeting this milestone, including excessive gagging, frequent choking, and refusal to eat any foods from a spoon, open a dialogue with your pediatrician about this and consider seeking a referral to an occupational or
speech therapist who specializes in feeding.
If your child isn't
meeting these milestones, our pediatric
speech therapists would encourage you to raise the concern with your pediatrician or seek a free consultation from one of our
therapists to determine if intervention may be necessary.