Word of Mouth Speech and Language Therapy

I am a Speech and Language Therapist who is also trained in the Montessori method. I have worked in the Early Childhood sector for 15 years.

I provide therapy to children of all ages and specialise in children with speech sound disorders such as articulation disorders, phonological disorders and motor speech disorders (see below for details).

I also see a limited number of adult clients with speech, language and communication needs.

I see clients in Clane General Hospital, County Kildare or I can travel if required.

Please feel free to call or email me for any enquiries.

Katharine Bulbulia


Articulation Disorder
This involves difficulty producing one or just a few speech sounds, e.g., /s/, /z/, /l/, /r/.

Phonological Disorder
This involves persistence of errors that are typical of younger children’s speech, e.g., producing ‘front sounds’ at the back of the mouth (key = tea, guy = dye) or omitting consonants (boot = boo, snow = no), or omitting syllables (Thomas = Tos).

Motor Speech Disorders
These include speech difficulties due to Childhood Apraxia of Speech (difficulty planning movements for speech) and the dysarthrias (difficulty making movements for speech due to paralysis).


Reference:
Bowen, C. (2011). Classification of children's speech sound disorders. Retrieved from www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45:classification&catid=11:admin&Itemid=121 on 30th May 2013