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How can a fun and simple game help, a child with a speech delay.
Solange Medina
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Methods and results
INTRODUCTION
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Conclusion
All children have a different way of learning, it all depends on the child and if the child
has incapability’s that do not let them develop learning skills as other children would.
Speech delay is when a child's language is developing in the right sequence, but at a
slower rate. Delayed speech is the most common developmental problem.
It affects five to ten percent of preschool kids. Many children develop a speech delay
because of medical conditions as well, such as ear infections.
In doing my research many sites like kidshealth.com and asha.org explain how children
may develop these delays and how it may be improved. In these articles they explain
how important it is to detect these delays as early as 9 months. The signs to look for and
what steps to take if your child falls into this category.
I found in doing my research as well that children may develop a speech delay due to a
frequent amount of ear infections. Children, who suffer from ear infections tend to hear
things underwater, they also suffer vocabulary, sentence structure, and social structure
and have a hard time speaking.
The study that is going to be done is to have a child with speech delay play a word game
with a child whose speech is normal. While playing a game like this not only is the child
learning new words, but the child is learning how to pronounce words by listening to the
child without the delay pronounce it correctly.
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Materials used for the game
• Game board that was made of oak tag.
• Game pieces were shopkins characters.
Flash cards that had words and pictures to match the game board.
Results
Mean of child with speech delay
Mean of words pronounce correctly while playing with
another child that didn’t have a speech delay.
6.33 of words correct, mean of words pronounced wrong
7.66.
results of child with speech delay while an adult playing
4.6 6 of words pronounced correctly 9.33 of words
pronounce wrong.
The mean reaction for correct words while playing with a
child is
6.33 (SD=2)
the variance is 9.5
Methods Section
Subjects:
• My population of interest is children with
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Mean reaction for correct words while playing with an
adult
4.66 (SD=2)
the variance is 7
it is indicated that the child with speech delay says more
correct words while playing with a child alone without an
adult.
speech delays from the ages of 2-4 years of age, and children who have
no delays from ages 4-8 years of age.
The two subjects that were sampled was a 2 year old female who recently
has tubes placed in her ears, and also has speech delay, and the other was
a 6 year old female with no issues.
Apparatus
• I created a game board, and flash cards with color to match the items on
the game board. I also had two shopkins characters that I used as game
pieces. Each flash card had item, for example an apple, with the word
spelled on the bottom.
• The items I used in the game were everyday things that we use or eat. The
children each have a turn and are to try to pronounce the word on the card
and if they pronounce the word correctly they are able to put their game
piece on that item.
• Whichever child finishes first will then go to the last piece of the game
which is ice cream and cake. The reason I incorporated everyday
items/words is so that the child is familiar with the items and is able to
pronounce the word in his/her everyday life. The responses were measured
by how many words the child with the speech delay said correctly.
Procedure
Procedure and outcome of when a child is playing with an adult.
REFERENCES
Groß, W., Linden, U., & Ostermann, T. (2010). Effects of music therapy in
the treatment of children with delayed speech development - results of a
pilot study. Retrieved December 08, 2016, from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921108/
Delayed Speech or Language Development. (n.d.). Retrieved December 08,
2016, from http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/not-talk.html
@. (n.d.). Late Blooming or Language Problem? Retrieved December 08,
2016, from http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/LateBlooming.htm
Chart Title
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The conditions that were created were that if a child did not say the word
correctly the other child is able to take that child’s turn to say the word
correctly, by doing this, it will construct reinforcing learning for the child
with the speech delay. I also did different trials I did one where the children
played with an adult to see if the child with the speech delay would learn
more or less from the adult, compared to playing alone with the other child. I
explain to the children that they had to pick up the card and pronounce the
item they say the item on the card, and if they pronounce the item correctly
they are able to move on in the game, if not the child has to give up their turn
and let the other child take over and if the other child gets it correct they are
able to put their piece on the game board. The data I collect was the number
of words that were said correct, and the number that were said incorrectly.
Children, who have speech delay, can learn how to pronounce words when
playing games with children who have no speech delay. Having a child who
has speech delay play a word game with a child who doesn’t would help the
child pronounce words better if they hear it from another child. It is also fun
when they are learning and playing with another child. This experiment will
help children with speech delays; enhance their vocabulary while also
learning to play a game with other children. Many children who have
speech delays don’t have a reinforcing way to learn how to pronounce
words. By playing this game with other children not only will they be
learning new words as they play, but hear the other child say the word
correctly and the child will mimic exactly what the other child is saying.
Helping children with speech delays by playing this game can help speech
therapist; enhance their teaching by introducing this game while having a
session. Speech therapist already includes games and blocks while in their
session, why not introduce this to help the child with the delay enhance
their vocabulary. Sometimes getting through to a child as an adult is hard.
This game can make it easier for the child to pronounce words hearing it
from another child.
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The conditions that were set in this chart is that an adult play with the
children for three games to see if there was a difference between the
children playing alone or with an adult. The reason these conditions were
set, is to see if another child would help more with reiforcing learning then
an adult would while playing this game. The other three games were
played with the children, and it did show a big difference.
H. (2016). Helping a toddler with a speech delay. Retrieved December 08,
2016, from http://www.yourmodernfamily.com/helping-a-toddler-with-aspeech-delay-activity-ideas/
Limitations within this study
Outcome
In this chart there are six games that are shown that are played.
3 of the games were with an adult.
The other 3 were just the two children playing together.
In my results I have seen that when the child plays with and adult the child
tends to have more answers incorrect.
When the child plays alone with the other child the child has more correct
answers.
• There is no progress after they have learned all the words in the game.
• The other child without the delay may get bored and not want to play
with the other child anymore.
• The game can only benefit a child if they want to play.
• The child may not may not understand the rules and just want to take
over the game, and not help the child with the speech delay.