Speech Disorders and Their Correction in Children with Mental Retardation

The tutorial discusses the features of disorders of speech development in children with mental retardation, as well as complex etiopathogenic factors that cause speech disorders in this category of children. Presented differential diagnosis of speech disorders in children with mental retardation and other categories of children with developmental problems. The technique of logopedic work on correction of phonetic and phonemic aspects of speech, vocabulary and grammatical structure of speech; disclosed in detail directions, stages, principles and methods of speech therapy effects. The manual is addressed to students of higher educational institutions. It will be useful for speech therapists, educators, teachers of special pre-school and school facilities, as well as parents of children with mental retardation.