Parent – Child Interaction Approach in the Therapy of Delayed Speech Development

Abstract

The article presents a parent – child interaction approach in the therapy of delayed speech development. The author draws attention to the ambiguity of the term “delayed development of speech”, presenting her own opinion in this matter. She also reviews the definition of “interaction” in various scientific disciplines like: psychology, sociology, speech therapy. She presents techniques of stimulating language development based on an interactive approach, in which she puts pressure on communicating with the child, (and not just talking to the child) and that in a new light makes the recommendation of the so-called “verbal bath” in order to surround the child with speech.