The Value of Training Software Systems in Improving Dyslalia in Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Abstract

The correction of speech and language disorders, in general, stimulates the psychic development of the individual, his integration in activity and life, leads to the affirmation of the personality on a social and cultural level. It must be taken into account that communication occurs through language, language being also a tool of thought. Speech therapists are increasingly challenged in offering and performing high-quality speech therapy for the correction of people with language disorders. For this reason, an association of traditional methods with new logo-therapeutic computer technologies would support the student’s motivation for involvement and active participation in the language correction process. The computer can be an excellent game partner and a good “educator” and its intervention, depending on the variety of programs used and the involvement of special education factors, will be reflected in the shaping of the child’s personality. The specialized literature indicates the existence of successful practices in the use of information and communication technologies in general and special education, thus modifying and diversifying the structure of the educational and recovery act. In the special education units, a series of teaching aids, both classical and modern, are used in the remediation of language disorders, among which we can mention: educational and speech therapy software, accessible, attractive due to the intensity of the colors, the presence special effects, transitions, animation, sound background, which attract students to therapy and transform the speech therapy activity into an extremely pleasant and motivating moment.

Keywords

• special education
• educational software
• language disorders
• mental retardation
• psychological age of language