How to get to the speech therapy garden? Step-by-step instruction
The need to take a child to a specialized speech therapy garden is established by the Psychological, Medical and Pedagogical Commission (PMPC). Previously, a referral for a commission was given by a speech therapist when examining a child in kindergarten or by doctors at a district clinic, primarily a neurologist. Now, if parents see the need for specialized training, they can independently submit an application to the PMPC.
Registration for a speech therapy kindergarten is not a quick process and requires the preparation of certain documents. We offer you the optimal, in our opinion, step-by-step tactics for preparing for the PMPC and further queuing for the logos kindergarten.
Step 1. Make an appointment at TPMPC. You need to find out the address of the commission where the examination is taking place. There are such commissions in every district of the city. You can make an appointment in person by arriving during business hours, or through the website. Since there are many people who want to pass the commission, you will be given a date after a month or a month and a half, during which time you will have time to prepare all the documents. We also recommend that you contact us at the very beginning of the school year, since from February 1, lists of children in groups for the next school year begin to be formed. Please note that during the summer months the PMPK is not open, so the most favorable time to apply is from September to February.
Step 2. Visit a neurologist at your local clinic. The neurologist must issue a medical report on the presence and nature of disorders that require the child to undergo specialized training. An important condition is that the doctor must make a clear diagnosis, which is in the ICD list. This may be alalia, dysarthria, logoneurosis and other diseases that require correction.
Step 3. Visit the pediatrician and ask to prepare a detailed extract from the child’s developmental history. Some TPMPC have special forms for this, which can be downloaded on the commission’s website or taken during an in-person visit; in other cases, the extract is prepared on an A4 sheet. It is important not to forget to put the stamp of the institution that issued the extract on it. As a rule, parents themselves fill it out at the insurance desk of the clinic, but it is better to check with your pediatrician.
Step 4. Take documents from kindergarten. It is necessary to obtain a certificate from the teachers stating that the child actually attends the kindergarten, as well as a reference for the child. The documents must have the signature of the head and the seal of the institution.
Step 5. Preparation of remaining documents.
Parents will also need:
- Application for examination at TPMPC
- Application for passing PMPC
- Consent to the processing of personal data and examination of the child by specialists (neurologist, psychiatrist, orthopedist, pediatrician). These forms are standardized and are issued by the TPMPC. They can also be downloaded from the commission’s website. All applications must indicate the date of immediate submission of documents.
- Identification documents (for a child - a birth certificate and its copy, for a parent - a passport or a document replacing it).
Step 6. Complete the PMPK. You must arrive at the commission with all documents at the appointed time. The whole procedure will take no more than 15 minutes. Based on the results, the commission must issue a conclusion on the need for a speech therapy garden or give a recommendation to visit the commission in a year.
Step 7. Choose a speech therapy kindergarten and join the queue of future students. Not all districts have specialized institutions; some state kindergartens have speech therapy groups. After parents have decided on the desired kindergartens, they must submit an application for enrollment or transfer of the child to a speech therapy kindergarten. In the best case, the child will begin attending speech therapy kindergarten in the new school year. When there are not enough places, you can wait a year or two (with not very complex diagnoses, children attend speech kindergarten only for a year or two - before school).
You can read about the pros and cons of speech therapy gardens in another article on our website.
Should I send my child to a speech therapy group?
Important! After a diagnosis of speech therapy is made, parents have a question: is it worth sending their child to a speech therapy group?
Very often they are afraid that during the PMPK the consultation will diagnose them with mental disorders. Firstly, this rarely happens, and secondly, early speech therapy examination of children gives a greater chance of correcting all deviations. Children are often diagnosed with FFID (phonetic-phonemic underdevelopment)
Individual lesson with a speech therapist
The effectiveness of being in a speech therapy group largely depends on the competence of the teacher and speech therapist. It is worth carefully studying the characteristics of the speech therapist teacher, whether he has received an award, and try to identify more reviews. The characteristics of a speech therapist teacher for awarding a diploma of honor are drawn up for a competent teacher with extensive work experience. It is also worth studying all the necessary documents, such as the Federal State Educational Standard (FSES).
Conclusions on the speech card of a speech therapy child
When studying the speech map, the speech therapist draws his conclusions, identifying the degree of development of the child and the level of education. Based on this, the child is assigned to the appropriate group. Often children in a speech therapy group come out more prepared for school than those in a regular group. This is achieved due to the fact that there are half as many children in this group, more attention is paid to them, classes with a speech therapist and other teachers are held every day, and the speech apparatus is constantly adjusted.
They begin to learn letter-sound analysis, sentence construction, and other skills necessary for school development earlier.
If a child has various abnormalities, the doctor refers him to a more specialized specialist. He, in turn, prescribes the necessary therapy. Timely treatment and early diagnosis can get rid of most problems with a child’s speech.
Speech therapy examination of a child
To determine the degree of development of the speech apparatus, it is simply necessary to carry out a speech therapy examination. This is necessary to identify disorders in the field of mental development.
Speech therapy group
During a speech therapy examination, two stages of diagnosis are carried out:
- General diagnostics, in which all components of development are checked: memory, thinking, attention, spatial imagination, etc.;
- Speech diagnostics, which tests speaking, writing, reading and memory.
During the examination, in addition to the diagnosis itself, a consultation meeting with parents is held. After this, a conclusion is drawn up and, together with the parents, a further method of correcting the violations is planned.
Parent consultation
The examination itself begins with a conversation, during which the speech therapist tries to establish contact with the child, and at the same time determines whether he understands him, whether he speaks in phrases or answers in monosyllables, whether he pronounces words clearly or not. At this time, the speech therapist makes an impression of general mental development. Then, based on the conclusions made, the doctor conducts a full comprehensive diagnosis using asked questions, pictures, objects and other materials.
What is the frequency of speech therapy examination of a child?
The frequency of this diagnostic is set by the teacher individually, based on the duration of the methods used. An earlier examination takes place upon admission to school, kindergarten and as part of the educational institution's plan.
Important! This usually happens in September to schedule the curriculum for the coming academic year.
There are also identified violations that require close attention. Then a PMPC is appointed - a psychological-medical-psychological commission. In such situations, a speech therapy presentation for a preschooler at the PMPK is carried out by a special commission created, during which previously made diagnoses (usually mental retardation or delayed psychological development) are confirmed or rejected.
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