During your first session the speech and language therapist will talk to you to assess your difficulties. They will also take your medical history and may use some speech and language tests. At the end of the assessment the therapist will tell you:
- whether speech and language therapy will help you
- how regularly you will need to attend speech and language therapy sessions
- how long you will need to attend sessions for
- the ways in you may benefit from speech and language therapy.
After the assessment, any strategies that a speech and language therapist may suggest will depend on your particular needs.
Many speech and language therapists use therapeutic approaches involving group work with people with Parkinson’s. Working in groups can be a very effective way of reinforcing techniques learned in individual therapy sessions and has many social and psychological benefits - for example, promoting mutual support and self-help among the participants.
