Treatment Options For Sensory Processing Disorder

Language And Speech Therapy

Language and speech therapy is also commonly used by occupational therapists when treating children with sensory processing disorder. This condition commonly leaves individuals with speech and language impairments, from stuttering and delays to pronunciation problems. Producing speech and language relies on the combined efforts of auditory and visual stimuli as well as motor planning. When signals get caught in the cross-firing of neurons and connections, speech can become jumbled and incoherent. When providing treatment, a speech and language therapist will develop a tailored intervention plan to address individual issues and symptoms, increasing verbal control and skills and strengthening the patient's ability to articulate. Tongue, jaw, and cheek exercises, as well as spoken activities, make up the core of treatment procedures when trying to correct speech and language pathologies.