Promoting speech-language development through additional professional support in the preschool years

Diploma thesis defines speech and language development and its deviations in preschool age, it also emphasises the significance of the factors that have an impact on the development of speech and language. Thesis also describes the importance of early detection of deviations in the speech and language development. The key starting points are the characteristics of individual speech and language impairments and deviations and the stage of speech and language development, that enables following of the development. The diploma thesis also defines the meaning of early intervention of children with speech and language disorders and deficits, it also describes the role and implementation of additional professional assistance in preschool age. The main purpose of the empirical part of the thesis is how the employees for additional professional assistance of the kindergarten Jelka based on multidisciplinary team, which defines the problems of the child, prepare, and perform activities that stimulate speech and language development