Speech Therapy Work To Eliminate Stuttering In Preschool Children

Abstract

The relevance of the research is due to the role of speech in the formation of higher mental functions in children, and the fullness of speech activity, which is considered a necessary condition for the harmonious development of the child's psyche. Statistics show that stuttering is the most common, complex, and long-lasting speech disorder in children. According to the level of speech development, children with stuttering are a heterogeneous group: their stuttering can be accompanied by the insufficient formation of lexical and grammatical language skills. These make it difficult for children to form communicative competencies, which generally aggravate speech symptoms and cause paroxysms of stuttering. We used modified and adapted techniques for the diagnostic study, which allowed determining the language skills formation, communication skills, and the proficiency level of correct, stuttering-free speech. The research revealed that the speech activity of preschoolers with stuttering has characteristic signs of speech underdevelopment together with convulsive symptoms. It manifests itself in an insufficient level of development of lexical and grammatical skills and a low level of coherent speech. These require the organization and implementation of purposeful speech therapy work. This activity includes overcoming disorders of speech flow smoothness, communication skills development in various communication situations and enriching the content of the utterance, the development of lexico-grammatical structures, and coherent speech.