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Why we are choosing the Children's Speech Therapy San Francisco?

Language skills that are expressive - Speech consists of the motor ability to talk, but language is symbolic which is then used to convey messages. Symbols in English are words which can be written or spoken. Gestural symbols such as shrugging to show “I don’t know” or “Yes” with a nod are also used for conveying emotions. SLPs are instrumental as they teach the children to gather their words to form sentences and paragraphs which are meaningful. Speech intelligibility - The ability to induce the movement of the tongue, palate, lips, and jaw so that individual speech sounds called phonemes can be produced. In order to get a word out of the mouth, the child must inhale, say something, and then exhale. All these are steps that must be understood by the child and Children’s speech therapy in San Francisco can help the child in articulation. Intelligibility is the concept of understanding what the child is saying. This concept reduces when the articulation skills of the child