This article presents the results of a research recently collected in a PNCDI III project, named Multiplatform interactive information technologies with applications in Romanian language for speech therapy. TIMLOGORO project demonstrates that technology is an effective tool for learning and, in particular, in improving speech at any age stage. This research aims to investigate the degree of parental openness on the use of technological platforms in children's speech therapy. The method used in this study was a survey based on a questionnaire, the tool comprising a total of 16 items with the Lickert scale response from 1 to 5. The questionnaire contains items that aim to investigate the general and particular opinion of working with the technological resource. The participants in this study are represented by a number of 40 children's parents who presents language disorders. The study aims to obtain relevant information about the importance of using digital platforms in speech therapy at parents. Research provides answers to key themes of interest, such as access to digital platforms, the use of technology, the qualities and features of efficient digital platforms. The open and supportive attitude of parents to the use of digital resources in speech therapy is one of the essential elements for the efficiency of the therapeutic act and the solving of speech problems. The results obtained in this research will be introduced into the SPSS statistics program and will be carried out statistical tests and graphs that will strengthen the scientific and pedagogical argument of the mentioned project, an argument necessary for evaluating the Timlogoro digital platform.
The high incidence of speech-language disorders among children with intellectual disability prompted us to seek new ways to improve the language and speech therapy, turning to the best account the latest available digital resources, by developing an original intervention program. The aim of this action research study was to assess the positive impact of the "Logopedix" software application towards meeting the speech-language therapy objectives and towards improving certain aspects of psychomotricity. The 40 participating elementary school children with intellectual disability, aged between 7 and 10, randomly selected from a Bucharest school for children with special needs, were divided into 2 groups with a homogenous distribution based on an initial evaluation. Throughout the 2012-2013 schoolyear, we subjected the two groups to a complex speech-language intervention program. We used the technology-enhanced approach for the experimental group (employing the "Logopedix" software program), and the clasical approach for the control group. We verified three research questions (research assumptions/hypotheses). The first one refers to the asumption that integrating the "Logopedix" software program within the speech-language therapy yields significantly better results than the "classical" speech-language therapy. The second one concerns the improvement of certain aspects of the fine motor skills (manual dexterity). The third one refers to the spatial awareness (telling left and right). The results of the final evaluation partially confirmed (partially ascertained) the first research question/hypotesis and fully confirmed (fully ascertained) the second and third ones. Therefore, we consider the "Logopedix" software program as a valuable assistive speech-language therapy instrument for the elementary school children with intellectual disability, within its defined limitations. Doru-Vlad Popovici, ph.D, is a university professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, where he functions as Director (Chair), Department of Special Education, and as Director, Psychopedagogy of the inclusive school Master Programme Dorina Ardeleanu is a special education teacher (speech-language therapist) at the School Nr. 5 for Children with Special Needs, Bucharest. With a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the LB University of Sibiu-Hermannstadt and a master's degree in Speech-Language Therapy from the University of Bucharest
PARTICULARITES OF USING EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE IN SPEECH THERAPY INTERVENTION FOR PUPILS WITH MENTAL DISABILITY Authors Popovici, D., University of Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania), stelutadoru@yahoo.com;?u?? L.I., Special School ,,Constantin P?unescu" (Bucharest, Romania), liziasuta@yahoo.com ?u??, V.E., Special School ,,Constantin P?unescu" (Bucharest, Romania), vicol79@yahoo.com, Vasile, M., ., Special School ,,Constantin P?unescu" (Bucharest, Romania), marinela.vasile@yahoo.com Presentation In order to achieve and implement a useful educational software for speech therapy intervention for pupils with mental deficiency , it is necessary first to identify the most common existing language disorders in this population of students. Therefore, the first objective of the research was done by conducting a cross-section, constantative study. After evaluating a number of 91 students with mental disability from Special School "Constantin P?unescu ", we found that the most damage sounds for the students mentioned above are those from sigmatism and parasigmatism group . Educational software developed after obtaining these results, it is intended to correct the sounds that were highlighted as having the highest frequency damage, namely the sounds s, t and z and can be used successfully in the stages of consolidation and automation of the sounds. The second research of the paper was an experimental one and we intend to verify the assumption that the introduction in a program for computer-assisted speech and language intervention will lead to a faster correction of spelling disorders. Were selected two groups of students consisting of 10 subjects each (symmetric in terms of number and type of errors identified pronunciation), whose diagnosis was the damage of S sound. After applying differentiated speech therapy programs for the two groups (experimental group received speech therapy aided educational software and the control group received traditional speech therapy) we found that computer-aided speech therapy activities lead to achieving therapeutic goals in a shorter time and with better results . Research methods included tests of language assessment, observation, conversation, case study and students files verification. Tests for assessment of language followed measurement of sound articulation of the language, for independent speech and for the reflected speech, being extracted from a set of samples used in speech therapy practice. At the end of the research were conducted two case studies for two students from different research groups , in order to formulate some qualitative results of our research.
The article shows how it is integrated the technology in speech therapy training. We present some relevant results of a recent research addressed to University of Bucharest’s students, future practitioners in speech therapy. The investigation is based on a questionnaire and some discussion during training activities. The topics reflect the most important aspects of training in speech therapy, from the perspective of e-skills development of future specialists. Based on academic reality, this study was designed to show the following: the role of technology in speech therapy training; ways of use technology among users; the familiarity with the technology; the most effective training activity; the extent to which students could benefit from CAI in order to prepare for speech therapy. Based on these results, we will make some recommendations in order to improve the use of ICT in speech therapy. In România, in speech therapy, working with computer based strategies is a rarely practice, especially from the point of view of the resources made for this field only, also regarding the design of initial training. All practicioners recognise the value of techology speech therapy and promote, as part of their former expertise, the efficiency of digital resouces in speech psychology. It is necesary to formatate the thinking of the young practicioners in the direction of a such objective (working in a certain kind of way). We see as a first solution to add optional curricula of using technology in academic curricula.
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