Sushma S, Author at Playstreet

Sushma S

Sushma S is a Speech and Language Therapist at Playstreet Specially Abled Educare Trust. She has finished her Bachelors and Masters program in Speech Language Pathology from the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru. Her experience predominantly revolves around research and rehabilitation in the paediatric population. She is a Level 1 Oral Placement Therapist. Her areas of interest include child language disorders, feeding difficulties in the paediatric population & articulation and phonological disorders.

Speech and Language

Oral sensory and motor issues seen in feeding

Rudoph and Link in 2002 found that feeding disorders occur in 25-35% of developmentally normal children and 40-70% of children with developmental disabilities and/or chronic medical conditions. Looking at this study, it is obvious that feeding disorders are more common that we think. Here are some questions we get asked Read more…

By Sushma S, 7 months7 months ago

Speech and Language

Learning language through play: an ARII model perspective

Play has often been called the “work of children” (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007). Is there anything that sounds more joyful than the sound of kids at play? The happiness on their faces and the sound of bliss in their voices show how much kids enjoy being able to play Read more…

By Sushma S, 8 months8 months ago