Who is speech therapy massage for? The use of speech therapy massage

Many modern parents are faced with speech development disorders in children. Speech therapy massage for a child activates the articulatory muscles, increases the power of the voice, improves speech breathing, and forms the correct bite. It has a complex effect on muscles, nerve endings, blood vessels and tissues of the speech apparatus.

Speech therapists often use articulation massage for hypotonicity or hypertonicity, which has a beneficial effect on the development of speech, eliminating shortcomings in sound pronunciation.

Possible contraindications for the following diseases:

• viral colds;
• eye infections (conjunctivitis);
• skin diseases;
• stomatitis, gingivitis, etc.

Specialist massage, as well as speech therapy massage for children at home, must comply with hygienic requirements.

Before carrying out the procedure, you need to ventilate the room. In the room it is necessary to create conditions comfortable for the child.

The duration depends on the individual characteristics of the child's health.. It is recommended to start from 1-2 minutes, by the end of the course the maximum duration of one session can be 15-25 minutes.

Scheme of session duration by age:

• 0-3 years - 10 minutes;
• 4-7 years - 15 minutes;
• 7-10 years - 25 minutes.

The course usually consists of 10-30 daily sessions, which can be repeated after 1.5-2 months.

For the procedure, it is important to place the child in a comfortable position. This is either a lying position with a cushion under the head or a semi-sitting position - in a reclining chair.

The main types of logo massage

There are the following types of speech therapy massage:

• Manual, called classic, is performed next to the problem area or right on it with the help of stroking, kneading, rubbing and vibration. When conducting manual massage, a speech therapist uses a spatula, a pacifier, a toothbrush.
• Acupressure is an impact on active points associated with problem areas for speech.
• Hardware massage involves the use of special vibration devices.
• Probe massage was introduced by the famous speech therapist E.V. Novikova, who developed special probes.
• Self-massage assumes that the child performs the procedure on his own.

Method E.V. Novikova

With dysarthria, a speech therapist usually prescribes a probe speech therapy massage. A set of probes developed by E.V. Novikov, these are eight devices in the form of forks, hatchets, etc.

Speech therapy massage for children at home involves the use of probes if the parents have received special training. If you have doubts or questions after learning speech therapy massage, it is strongly recommended that you clarify them with speech therapists, rather than trying to experiment on your child

It is important to remember that the probe massage of the tongue is carried out only by an experienced specialist who has undergone professional training!

Probe speech therapy massage allows you to correct speech and achieve the following results:

• normalization of speech breathing,
• sound correction,
• increase in voice power
• improvement of the state of the nervous system.

The sequence of exposure to problem areas with probes is determined by a specialist. The child should not experience pain. Probe procedures are contraindicated in children under 6 months of age.

Probe massage of the tongue is carried out using the following techniques:

1. The thymus probe is used when chipping the tongue, which leads to a rhythmic contraction of the muscle fibers. After that, oscillatory and rotational movements are started with a probe installed at a certain point of the tongue for 5 seconds.
2. Probe-eight produce pressure on the tongue.
3. Sledge probes (3 different types of devices) allow you to press on the tongue, stimulating the muscle fibers.
4. A hatchet probe performs pressing and sliding movements.
5. The probe-cross by pressing on the tongue and pushing back promotes muscle contraction.
6. The pusher probe allows you to press on the tongue for 5 seconds, then relaxation is carried out.

Probe speech therapy massage is used in a course for 2-3 weeks. Each exercise is performed 30 times. Sometimes one course of treatment is enough for children. Logomassage can be repeated after 1.5-2 months.

Logo massage at home

Facial massage for children for the development of speech is also carried out at home. Parents should definitely consult with a specialist on how to do speech therapy massage, paying special attention to possible contraindications.

Speech therapy massage for children at home involves facial massage (with fingers and teaspoons) and tongue, including relaxing, gymnastics for the articulatory and respiratory apparatus

Speech therapy facial massage is based on rubbing, stroking, kneading. It must be taken into account that the child should be comfortable.

Facial massage for children for the development of speech is carried out in stages:

1. Forehead. First, strokes are used from the middle of the forehead to the temples, then from the eyebrows to the hair. After stroking, lightly knead the forehead.
2. Cheeks. Kneading movements are performed, stretching from the corners of the mouth to the temples along the cheeks, from the cheekbones to the lower jaw.
3. Nose. The wings of the nose are stroked, gently stretched, after which strokes are applied from the nose to the corners of the mouth.
4. Mouth. The upper, lower lip are alternately stroked, stretched towards the corners of the mouth.
5. Chin. Stroking, kneading is performed from the middle of the mouth to the corners.
6. Neck. Stroking, kneading movements are performed in the neck area.

Speech therapy facial massage can be performed using teaspoons.

Speech therapy massage with spoons is one of the modern effective methods for the development of children's speech.. It is important to use smooth spoons to avoid hurting the baby's face.

Speech therapy massage with spoons is performed using the following techniques:

1. Stroking the child's temples with spoons.
2. Stroking the eye sockets.
3. Cheek stroking.
4. Rubbing the temples with slides of spoons.
5. Rubbing the area between the eyebrows with slides of spoons.
6. Rubbing the nasolabial area with the end of a spoon.
7. Stroking the upper and lower lips with a slight pressure.
8. Kneading the chin and cheekbones.

For the convenience of the procedure, you need to prepare 4 teaspoons in advance.

Tongue massage for speech correction

Speech therapy massage of the tongue for children is prescribed for dysarthria, characterized by the presence of a short hyoid frenulum.

Before you start massaging the child's tongue, you need to do relaxing exercises:

1. The tongue is turned either to the right or to the left, slightly pulling it up, taking it with your fingers: the thumb lies on top, the middle and index fingers - from below.
2. The tongue is slowly twisted forward on the index finger.

An effective speech therapy massage of the tongue with dysarthria is impossible without relaxation of the neck muscles, collar zone and jaw, because. they directly affect the functioning of the speech apparatus.

The procedure is performed in the direction from the root to the tip of the tongue with the help of fingers, a plastic or wooden spatula or a soft toothbrush.

Speech therapy massage of the tongue for dysarthria is performed in a strict sequence:

1. With a spatula or index finger, the longitudinal lingual muscles are stroked 9-10 times.
2. The spatula is rhythmically pressed along the entire length 5-6 times.
3. With the index finger or toothbrush, transverse strokes are carried out 5-6 times.
4. The lateral muscles of the tongue are stroked with the thumb and forefinger.
5. Fingers knead the entire area of ​​​​the tongue for 7-9 seconds.
6. Finger movements are performed in the form of rubbing.
7. Fingers gently shake the tip of the tongue, after which light and vigorous pressure is applied with a spatula.
8. Fingers perform light compression of the lateral muscles of the tongue, holding for 1-2 seconds.
9. Fingers perform light pinching of the tongue, then pat with a spatula for 10 seconds.

Speech therapy massage for dysarthria at home must comply with hygiene requirements. Rooms should be ventilated and warm.

Effective speech therapy massage for children at home is strict adherence to the requirements of a specialist. The procedure is recommended to be repeated 2 to 3 times a day in combination. You can’t skip sessions, because. only painstaking regular work can lead to positive changes in the speech development of the child.

Relaxation of speech muscles

Relaxing speech therapy massage is used for spasmodic speech muscles (musculature of the face, lips and tongue). Increased muscle tone is removed with the help of gentle strokes and light pressure.

The procedure begins with relaxation of the neck muscles, for which smooth rotational movements of the head are carried out. Next, stroking movements are carried out for the facial muscles, then for the labial muscles. The session ends with light rotational and tapping movements of the fingers on the lips.

Relaxation of the facial and neck muscles helps to reduce hypertonicity, improve the child's speech activity.

Speech therapy massage for children at home is effective along with articulatory gymnastics.

Articulation gymnastics is performed in front of a mirror. As a rule, the child repeats the movements of a speech therapist or a parent if speech therapy massage is used for dysarthria at home.

Gymnastics for the child's articulatory apparatus includes the following exercises for the tongue and lips:

• shows the tongue, stretching it out as much as possible,
• pulls gently to the chin and nose,
• shakes to relax muscles,
• takes aside,
• collects lips with a tube,
• stretches, fixing fingers in the corners of the mouth,
• raises the upper lip
• lowers lower lip
• squeezes,
• licks.

Speech therapy massage for children at home also includes gymnastics to develop the child's proper breathing.

In speech therapy, there are many exercises aimed at shaping the correct breathing of a child in a playful way:

• « Get the ball into the goal". Smiling, blow so that the stream of air goes in the middle of the tongue lying on the lower lip. It is necessary to blow off the cotton wool on the edge of the table.
• « blow off the snowflake". Put a small paper snowflake on the tip of your tongue and try to blow it off. The mouth should be ajar, the tongue sticking out.
• « Bubble". You need to inflate a big soap bubble. Or arrange a competition among children who will inflate the most soap balloons.
• « Inflate a toy". You can arrange a competition for children: who will inflate the toy the fastest.

For a child with speech problems, especially stuttering, it is useful to buy toy wind instruments to correct breathing.

Work on correcting a child's speech is necessarily accompanied by learning tongue twisters. Constant learning of tongue twisters will allow you to cope with complex words, the pronunciation of which causes difficulty. These can be difficult to pronounce sonorous sounds “P”, “L”, hissing “Sh”, “Sh”, etc. In addition, the child masters the tempo-rhythm of speech, because. he not only needs to correctly pronounce the "insidious" sounds, but also to do it as quickly as possible.

Thus, speech therapy massage for children at home includes probe and relaxing massage of the face (using fingers and spoons) and tongue, as well as gymnastics for the articulatory and respiratory apparatus. To carry out the procedure with probes at home, parents must undergo special training. Experts recommend using several types of influence on the articulatory apparatus for effective speech correction in children.

Children are a great joy for parents who are waiting for their appearance. With their arrival in this world, moms and dads try to provide the kids with everything they can: food, clothes, shoes, full development. Of course, there are many problems on the way of personality formation, one of which is speech development.

Speech is formed in the first three years of a child's life. For each, this process occurs individually - some do not experience difficulties, and some children cannot learn to speak correctly. Speech problems are becoming more and more common in children. It depends on how the pregnancy proceeds, childbirth and whether the parents are engaged with the baby.

What is speech therapy massage for?

Not everyone associates the development of speech and massage. Some are skeptical about this method of forming sounds and words. But do not underestimate its importance for the child. Recently, babies are often born with increased muscle tone. This affects their development in general and the mobility of tissues. The lips also suffer from this, the tongue becomes inactive, it does not have the necessary flexibility. Speech therapy massage helps to relax the cheeks, lips, tongue, face, so that it is possible to correctly form the pronunciation of sounds. In addition, it contributes to the softening of tissues, their flexibility and proper articulation.

The objectives of such a massage

If performed correctly, this manipulation can achieve great success. Of course, exercises with a speech therapist should also be carried out with problems of speech formation. The advantage of this manipulation is also that it can be carried out at home. Massage is done to solve the following problems:

• correcting the pronunciation of sounds when they do not correspond to the correct sound, for example, if a child cannot learn to speak hissing or the sound "p";
• when it is necessary to improve the condition of the voice - this requires medical indications;
• normalization of speech breathing - sometimes a child cannot pronounce a word correctly due to confused breathing;
• reduction of emotional stress;
• correction of problems with stuttering, dysarthria, rhinolalia, voice disorders;
• an increase in muscle tone and the oral cavity, when there is no necessary tension for the pronunciation of sounds;
• reduction of hypersalivation (increased salivation);
• strengthening the pharyngeal reflex when speaking;
• improved articulation.

Speech therapy massage at home can also carry out these tasks. With proper training in basic movements, thanks to hard work, mothers and children achieve maximum results.

Indications for manipulation

Speech therapy massage is not carried out just like that. Feedback from parents testifies to its effectiveness in overcoming certain difficulties in the development of the child. For its use, there are specific indications that are due to certain conditions.

1. A voice disorder is a disorder of its function, which can have different causes: physiological and psychological. It manifests itself in insufficient voice power, constant perspiration, fatigue when speaking, pain, the appearance of a "coma" in the throat.
2. Dysarthria is a speech therapy and neurological problem in which the child's pronunciation and articulation apparatus are impaired.
3. Stuttering is a speech disorder that manifests itself in the frequent repetition or prolonged pronunciation of sounds, syllables, words. It can also be indecision in speech, stops.
4. The need to speed up the results This usually happens before school, when parents turned to a specialist late with serious problems.
5. Constant salivation.
6. Weak or increased muscle tone of the articulatory apparatus.

In these cases, massage of the face and oral cavity is necessary. In other speech therapy problems, it can be done if there are no contraindications.

Are there any contraindications to it?

The main contraindications include:

1. Infectious diseases in acute form. Speech therapy massage is not done in this case, as the child feels unwell and may be in pain.
2. Skin diseases. Manipulation can also cause pain and worsen the condition of the child.
3. Conjunctivitis.
4. Gingivitis.
5. Herpes, stomatitis. Speech therapy facial massage may be allowed provided that its lightweight form is used and there is no penetration into the oral cavity with instruments.
6. Enlarged lymph nodes, as well as a strong pulsation of the carotid artery.

Conditions for speech therapy massage

Any manipulation with a child, educational or therapeutic, must be carried out in conditions acceptable to him. For massage, you first need to consult a doctor and determine by a speech therapist. Then specific methods of relaxing or toning the muscles of the neck, torso, facial expressions and articulatory apparatus are prescribed.

It is more expedient to carry out speech therapy massage at home, since children perceive a familiar environment better. The room must be ventilated, the duration of the entire massage in the first few days is no more than 10 minutes. Then the time increases gradually up to 25 minutes. Massage is carried out 2-3 times a week, and at least 10-15 procedures should be applied. Parents note positive dynamics already after the 4-5th procedure. It all depends on the severity of the damage to the nervous system and the development of facial muscles.

To carry out speech therapy massage for children at home, you need to prepare some means:

• Massage Oil;
• sterile gloves (if it is done to babies);
• a protective mask (if a massage therapist is suspected of having a viral infection).

Gloves and a mask are also necessary when massaging the mucous membranes of the oral cavity.

Logopedic massage for hands

The nerve endings on the fingers are very closely related to the state of the internal organs. Therefore, some speech therapists advise starting speech therapy massage for children from the hands, especially since it has no contraindications. Parents' reviews indicate that children are happy to accept massaging their fingers. But this must be done according to certain rules:

• massage should begin with the little finger, it is necessary to massage, starting from the nail to the base of the finger, do this with each joint several times;
• several times you need to press on each fingertip, first weakly, then stronger;
• massaging the palms according to the type of "magpie-white-sided";
• make a spiral several times from the edge of the palm, ending it in the center;
• if you have at home, you need to take a rubber ball with spikes, then move it gently from your wrists to your fingers;

How to massage the tongue?

Speech therapy massage of the tongue already requires some training of the massage therapist. First you need to relax the muscles of the cervical, mandibular, shoulder girdle. This is necessary so that the muscles of the root of the tongue also become relaxed. All of them are closely related. All movements should be directed from the tip of the tongue to its root.

Sometimes you can encounter when massaging. In this case, speech therapy massage of the tongue for children begins with massaging only the tip so that it is inside the oral cavity. Then you can gradually bring the tongue out of the lips, increasing the massaging area.

Basic movements:

• take the tip of the tongue and shake it in different directions, forward, backward;
• stroke the tongue with the thumb, while supporting it from below with the index finger of the other hand, all movements go from the center to the periphery and from the tip to the root;
• from above, grab the tongue with your thumb, strengthen it from below with your index and middle fingers, in this position rub the surface on both sides of the center;
• then they move on to vibration: the tip is captured, shaken up and down a little, the surface of the tongue is patted a little.

Speech therapy massage of the tongue is done subject to the elimination of the problem with salivation. There are also several ways to do this.

1. Chewing with head thrown back.
2. The child must learn to swallow saliva the first time without accumulating it in the mouth.
3. Rotate the tongue around the lips with an open and closed mouth, then swallow the saliva the first time.

Lip massage

How to do speech therapy lip massage? There is nothing complicated in it. The same movements are repeated here many times - up to 50. They need to be changed in direction. Basic actions:

• at the right wing of the nose and lips, you need to put the index and middle fingers, make several circular movements, repeat the same on the left side;
• set two index fingers in the middle under the lower lip, then above the upper one, in this position of the fingers make circular movements in different directions;
• the same setting of fingers, making pinching in this area;
• then pinch with three fingers around the child's lips.

The complex of such actions must be repeated 2-3 times in one massage session.

Speech therapy massage with spoons

This method is also effective in the process of forming a child's speech. The child is interested in conducting such a massage. Basic exercises include:

• lip warm-up - stroking with slides of spoons of the lower and upper lips;
• circular movements with the back of the kitchen utensils on the sponges;
• shallow pressing with the tips of a spoon throughout all nasolabial folds;
• scraping movements with the tips of this object along the lower and upper lip;
• frequent pressing with the ends of a spoon on the lips;
• warm-up of a spoon of chewing and chin muscles.

Massage for dysarthria

With this speech disorder, massage is necessary, since there is a need to influence not only the muscles, but also the nerve endings. That is why it covers a large area for manipulation. When it is necessary to carry out a speech therapy massage for dysarthria, the child undresses to half, lies down on the table, and the massage therapist does a warm-up of the entire back, abdomen and above. In case of such a serious deviation, the procedure should only be carried out by a qualified specialist. He knows what movements are made, their sequence, what they are aimed at, and can cope with unpredictable situations (for example, cramps or spasms).

The ritual of the end of speech therapy massage

Specialists pay special attention to how speech therapy massage ends. Parents' feedback confirms that in order to set the child to continue such manipulation, it is important to be able to finish it.

After doing massaging movements, you need to caress and praise the baby for patience and obedience. You can play with it a little. After such an interaction, the baby will no longer be afraid of the next procedure, and he himself will substitute the tongue.

Many people are skeptical that a professionally performed speech therapy massage of the tongue will allow the child not only to learn to pronounce different sounds in words, but also to build whole sentences.

Speech therapy massage of the tongue for children is carried out for a number of positive changes that are seen not only by the parents of the child themselves, but also by all the people around them.

Below is a list of the main tasks that it allows you to handle:

1. Correction of the correct pronunciation of sounds (sound pronunciation);
2. Improving the condition of the vocal cords and voice;
3. Normalization of breathing during a conversation;
4. Elimination of mental and moral stress in children who suffer from incorrectly delivered speech;
5. Reducing the impact of stuttering, dysarthria on the daily life of children;
6. General improvement of the speech apparatus and muscles responsible for sound extraction;
7. Strengthening pharyngeal reflexes;
8. Creation of the correct trajectory of movements of the organs of articulation.