Therapy group for families of children with language disorders

Abstract

Objective: To present the proposition of a therapeutic group of children with speech disorders family members, based on the analysis of reports about the changes noticed in their relationship with the child. Methods: A case study was carried out, based on a group of family members of children with a referral to speech therapy due to a complaint on no or truly little speech skills. Starting from a microgenetic analysis (in accordance with the historical-cultural approach) of clinical episodes clippings, experimented within the therapeutic group, mothers"™ discursive representations on child development and the participation of the other in this process have been discussed. Results: Mothers"™ speech show up the communicative behavior changes between child and family members. Besides, it highlights their perception on the relation between the intervention of an adult as a partner in child games and the child linguistic development. Conclusion: This study is important both for the possibility of showing the effectiveness of different ways to approach language disorders, with a real involvement of the family, and for its proposition of a transdisciplinary approach on Collective Health, placing the phonoaudiologist as the facilitator of the therapeutic group.