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Sara de Melo Castanheira is an expert in Occupational Therapy and Quality of Life. She is also the Technical Director of SER Igual, an Association of special rehabilitation services in Tavira Mauve dew, waterhole MIYUKI with the mouth, tongue and cheeks; over the fields, Miyuki´s *Adequate verbal communication with non- grandfather stood up to knowledge, language needs to be stimulated. verbal communication; *Ask one question at a greet the wind. By his This process happens in a very natural way time with simple information; *Comment more side, Miyuki was trying during children's interaction with peers than you ask; *Avoid excessive correction of to imitate him, shouting and adults around them, provided that this speech; *Be the narrator and do a parallel words that were not understood. Falling to interaction meets the basic requirements speech: narrate the child's actions; *Show the floor mumbling: “- Grandfather, it's very as: to have good communication models; to interest: follow the conversation topics of the difficult for me!” Silent, with a smile on his have communication opportunities; to have child and their play. lips, grandfather started dancing slowly to necessity for communication. RELATIONAL SKILLS: the wind. His arms drew curves in the sky, Knowing this, Miyuki´s grandfather looked *Make-believe play; *Active listening and a while Miyuki was fascinated by the movement for a speech therapist. Knowing that with non-violent communication; *Mime games and became more resilient in the face of her adequate follow-up and stimulation, Miyuki and interpretation of videos without sound; difficulty speaking. would be able to communicate in a more *Roleplay and theatre; *Board Games; Miyuki spent the last two years living through a functional way. He knew that learning using *Read and tell stories with proper intonation; pandemic crisis. The Covid-19 consequences body movements, and in a room with a lot *Promote conversational moments, dialogues are real to children's development. It of opportunities to engage in play, Miyuki and routines exploration. accentuated the difficulties in relationships would enhance her resilience and start Currently Associação SER Igual is developing with adults and peers, as well as the communicating better without so much a project called SER 100%+. It consists regression in linguistics, they've spent more frustration. And so, it happened! of a laboratory to develop Expressive and time alone and in front of screens, with few Miyuki, with the help of our Speech Therapist, Comprehensive language; Reading skills; opportunities for stimulation or interaction. improved her interaction level; enlarged Communicational skills and Socialisation Children like Miyuki, started being more expression skills; increased communication skills. We are helping children between 4 to 10 vulnerable and individualistic, not knowing autonomy; increased satisfaction in years old with diagnosis of Autism, Dyslexia, how to play, not interacting properly and how communicate; got a better adequacy to the Intellectual Deficit, ADHD, Language delays to relate with others. world around her, interlocutors and contexts; and other difficulties. SER Igual is managing to Humans are social beings! It's essential to - school results improved; as did her will for implement this project with the support of the stimulate language, as well as relational learning, her levels of confidence and self- bank BPI “Fundação La Caixa” till April 2022, and emotional skills, from an early age. It's esteem which will persist in her life. in an application won in the previous year. If important to stimulate resilience so they can Here are some strategies and activities that you know a child struggling with language adapt, transform and overcome difficulties. Miyuki´s grandfather used to help Miyuki. We or speech, please feel free to contact SER In this article I'll focus on two aspects of guarantee it will help other parents, educators Igual and we will put you in contact with our language – orality and phonology. Language and teachers in order to stimulate phonology Speech Therapist. translates into understanding the world and and orality, as well as relational and emotional If you are interested in supporting this project the way we use this ability to express ourselves skills, thus filling the gaps resulting from the to continue after April 2022, or want to know whether using speech or not. It allows pandemic. more about other social projects we are each individual to represent and express PHONOLOGY: implementing and to become a social investor life experiences, thoughts, necessities and *Syllabic segmentation: split words into in SER Igual, please visit Associação SER doubts, in addition to being indispensable in syllables; *Associate symbols to sounds; Igual in Tavira. We are happy to talk about the process of acquisition, production and *Visual stimulus: to show the tongue position, our ideas and projects. If you are interested knowledge transmission. Language is more lips and cheeks in an exaggerated way; in our work, please visit us on our FB page than speech, it is one of the components, *Auditory stimulus: associate onomatopoeias; (@SerIgualPT) and IG (@igual.ser) or make oral-verbal. There are verbal, non-oral and the *Kinesthetic stimulus: to feel the strength of an appointment to [email protected] or by non-verbal components. Here we can include the lips, vibration of the neck, to divide words phone 918180020. I remind you, dear reader, writing, body movements, gestures, facial into syllables and touch them with each that Associação SER Igual in Tavira is a non- expressions and voice melody. syllable produced; *Play with rhymes; *Sing profit association for handicap people, that Language is developed and enhanced over and listen to English music; helps children, teenagers and their caregivers a lifetime, especially in early developmental ORALITY: to get a better quality of life and helping to ages, when children have a higher ability *The adult should always and as much change the paradigm of inclusion in our to acquire and learn new skills. For this to possible, be on the children’s levels so it community. happen in a harmonious and proper way, can allow visual contact, and to visualise the Thanks once more for your attention. 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