Voice training in Los Angeles for children usually involves exercises that simulate playtime.
This helps children open up and feel more comfortable with their therapy. However, if a child that needs voice therapy has a sibling, that sibling may be confused as to why their brother or sister has a special person that only focuses on their sibling. To prevent feelings of jealousy among brothers and sisters, ask your therapist to involve your other children in the therapy in these 4 ways.
1. Games That Involve Taking Turns
Some speech therapy exercises involve simple games that involve taking turns doing activities. This is an excellent opportunity to involve your child that doesn’t need voice therapy in the voice exercises. The turn-taking exercises can also be less intimidating for your voice-impaired child if someone familiar is present during the exercise.
2. Make The Sibling Take A Model Role
It doesn’t matter if your child only has a younger sibling, all siblings can serve as good models when it comes to voice training. Involving siblings in conversations where the speech therapist wants to set examples and objectives for your child can help both children with being more comfortable with a voice therapist in the house.
3. Siblings Can Help In Identifying Issues
Young children tend to be more honest than adults. This can be very beneficial in identifying what speech issues need to be worked on the most. For example, a sibling may be able to identify what letters are most problematic for their brother or sister with a stuttering problem. Often times, the information received by a sibling may be something that a parent overlooked.
4. Siblings Can Help Outside Of Therapy
Chances are, both of your children spend their time with each other more than anyone else. This is a great opportunity to carry over speech exercises during times that a voice therapist isn’t available. Your children can practice with each other at home, school, or at the park.
About LA Speech Therapy
With over 20 years of clinical experience, LA Speech Therapy has helped multiple families in need of voice training in Los Angeles. If you are looking to arrange a meeting about your child’s speech issues, be sure to contact our office by calling 323-522-6071. Also, make sure that you follow us on our Facebook page for updates on our services.
