 | Gentry White is the owner and lead therapist for Southeast Kansas Speech Pathology Services in Pittsburg Kansas. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 1998 and her Master of Arts in Audiology and Speech Sciences degree from Michigan State University in 2001. She has been practicing Speech-Language Pathology in southeast Kansas since moving to Pittsburg in 2001. Gentry resides in the Pittsburg area with her husband and children. She can be contacted through her website www.sekspeech.com or her office phone at 620-232-2990. |
Health & Rehabilitation
2012-08-30 08:38:49
When do you begin speech therapy after a brain injury?
Q- When is it time to consider speech pathology?
A- Speech Pathology is utilized when you, the caregiver, feel that there is a
gap in your child's communication. You might not understand your child's
communication attempts, other's may not understand the child's attempts and
look to you for clarification or you may feel that when your child
communicates he/she is frustrated with not being understood.
During a well-child check-up the physician may ask for number of words to count
effective communication but a therapist looks for content in that child's
communication. For example a 2-year-old should be using pronouns (I, me),
using questions (why?, where?) and clarifying misunderstood information when
he/she is not understood by others. A Speech-Language Pathologist will also
look for receptive language milestones to ensure that the child's vocabulary
and language skills are age-appropriate. If there is concern, don't wait to
bring it up at a well-child check-up because 6 months is a long time to wait
in your child's development.
