The Head of the AAU Hearing & Speech Center, Laila Qanawati Delivered A Lecture in Assamiah International Schools

The Head of the AAU Hearing & Speech Center, Laila Qanawati, delivered an awareness lecture for the teachers and students of the first and second kindergartens in Assamiah International Schools on Tuesday 16/4-2019. The lecture which was titled “How to Detect and Deal with language & Speech Disorders among School Students”. Mrs. Laila said Speech and language disorders can affect the way children talk, understand, analyze or process information. Speech disorders include the clarity, voice quality, and fluency of a child's spoken words. Language disorders include a child's ability to hold meaningful conversations, understand others, problem solve, read and comprehend, and express thoughts through spoken or written words. Children with communication disorders frequently perform at a poor or insufficient academic level, struggle with reading, have difficulty understanding and expressing language, misunderstand social cues, avoid attending school, show poor judgement, and have difficulty with tests. Speech-language pathology services can help children become effective communicators, problem-solvers and decision-makers. As a result of services such as memory retraining, cognitive reorganization, language enhancement, and efforts to improve abstract thinking, children can benefit from a more successful and satisfying educational experience as well as improved peer relationships. The lecture received the appreciation of teachers and administrators. At the end of the event, the instructor Laila Qanawati was handed the school shield.