SPEECH THERAPY LANGUAGE REHABILITATION FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES
The objective of our communication is to present the different stages of speech therapy language rehabilitation for children with mental disabilities, which consists of doing work with the parents and other work with the child; working with parents consists of informing them about the specificities of mental disability and how to stimulate their child's language and also teaching them certain techniques todo at home to reinforce the work of the speech therapist and for work with the child ; the speech therapist firstly takes care of the orofacial syndrome through the application of different massages on the orofacial organs to strengthen the hypotonia of the face and speech organs and breathing exercises and exercises of sensory stimulation and language exercises, using specific Strategies.
Keywords: Speech therapy; Language; Mental handicap; Massage; Oral-phonatory organ.