INTERACTION OF A SPEECH THERAPIST WITH PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPEECH DISORDERS

Abstract

The problem of speech therapist interaction with parents of children with speech disorders is extremely relevant and one of the key in the providing correctional services system. The correctional and developmental work success largely depends not only on the specialist’s (speech therapist) professionalism, but also on the family active and effective participation. Parents play a crucial role in ensuring continuity and systematicity, following the recommendations of the speech therapist and forming an appropriate speech environment, the speech therapist receives important information about the child (his development, interests, daily habits), which allows for more effective correctional program adaptation. The article is devoted to the key aspects and importance of cooperation between a speech therapist and parents of children with speech disorders. The authors analyze such main components of speech therapy support for the family as informing (systematic and accessible communication of all necessary information to parents), consulting (discussion and joint search for solutions regarding the child’s further speech development) and speech therapy assistance (acquisition by parents of knowledge about speech disorders and their correction, formation of necessary skills and acquaintance with certain means of overcoming speech development disorders), determine their essence. The stages content in the interaction system between teachers and parents is described: the acquaintance stage, the joint activity stage and the cooperation stage. Special attention is paid to the formation of partnership relations between the speech therapist and parents, as well as the importance of emotional support and the formation of parental competencies, which can be divided into groups: informational and cognitive, practical and methodological, communicative, emotional-volitional and motivational. It is emphasized that the established interaction between a specialist and parents is the basis for the successful correction of speech disorders and the harmonious development of the child as a whole.