Tips Avoid Late Talking Children

a child's mental readiness to talk depends on the maturity of the brain. Readiness is typically begin to develop between the age of 12-18 months. At that time the boy got a lot of stimulation, the development of language and speech will be more rapid and better than children who received less stimulation from the environment.

"The attention of a good environment and provide an opportunity, adequate stimulation and time to train skills, must determine the skill to talk to the child," said Siloam Hospital physiotherapists, Niniek Soetini SST-Ft at a seminar themed Autism, ADHD (Hyperactivity) and Slow to speak to the kids in the hall of Siloam Hospital outpatient, Gubeng Road, Sunday (07/26/2009).

If the child has a speech delay that is one reason there are drawbacks to speak of these components of the tool motion weakness of the tongue, cheek muscles to suck weakness  and abdominal muscle weakness to.

"Delays in which a child speaks another because the environment is detrimental to the child. Such a lack of stimulation of the mouth. When the time giving solid food intake, but still given a soft diet," he added.

In addition to the habit of salivating mouths open position, the tongue tends to be rigid dna shorter, pick hidrocephalus disease, inflammation of the brain, autism and other behavioral disorders.

"Simple way to stimulate children to speak slowly so as not to drink with a straw that is, blowing out candles and soap bubbles, candy. Also invited to play until the child is screaming like, sing along with music," he said.

Tips can be done for 30 minutes every day, carried out continuously, involving the whole family and the environment and encourage the child to follow the social activities and related items of interest.