You Are an SLP Working with a First Grade Student

question 17

Essay

You are an SLP working with a first grade student named Molly. Molly cannot produce the /r/ or /s,z/ sounds. Molly's mom is very motivated to "fix" Molly's speech and so she has asked what kinds of activities she can do at home. You note that Molly's mom has a slight /r/ distortion in her speech and also has a hard time discriminating Molly's "good" /r/ productions. What kinds of carryover activities might you ask Molly's mom to do?

Learn about the different divisions of the nervous system and their functions.

Explain the concept of synaptic transmission and the role of neurotransmitters in this process.

Identify disorders related to dysfunctions in neurotransmitter levels or neuron structure.

Understand the impact of myelin sheath in neuron functioning and related disorders.

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