Stay CALM and
Engage with the PRESENT
Present-focused Therapy
專注當下 穩定情緒
Stress come from the moment we are born, first time to breathe, or whenever we face something new or changed, our cortisol, the stress hormone rises. We learn from natural stressful situations with distractors. Paying attention to the PRESENT moment reduces our anxiety to acquire new skills and makes cognitive tasks easier. We adopt mindfulness practice in our speech therapy session to nurture compassion, curiosity and focus.
自我們出生的一刻，第一次呼吸，或者每當我們面對新情況或變化，我們的皮質醇（壓力荷爾蒙）就會上升。學習總不離壓力，專注當下可以減少干擾和減低伴隨的焦慮，投入學習新技能。我們的言語治療結合靜觀來培養對於人事的同情心、好奇心和專注力。
LESS STRESS
STRONGER AWARENESS
MORE ATTENTION
Why is it important?
Emotion, a complex set of interactions mediated by neural and hormonal systems, has a substantial influence on cognitive processes including perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning and problem solving. In HKOMR, numerous findings from the latest cognitive neuroscience, affective neuroscience, and educational psychology are incorporated into our speech therapy to optimize learning and memory outcomes. Our clients are facilitated to effectively engage with the environment in a way that supports development.
情感的出現，是來自荷爾蒙和神經系統的複雜互動，它對認知過程有重大影響，包括知覺、注意力、學習、記憶、
推理和解決問題。我們的言語治療內容結合最新的認知神經科學、情感神經科學和教育心理學的研究，以優化學習和記憶。
We Promote Calmness
Heartbeat 心跳
Counting, tapping, rhythm games and more!
數數，敲擊，節拍遊戲等等
Respiratory Status 呼吸狀態
Breathing exercise, blowing games and more!
呼吸練習, 吹氣遊戲等
Here-and-Now Focus 專注當下
Auditory and oral perception trainings
聽覺及口腔感知訓練
Be PRESENT
Sense the Speech
Speech perception could be refer to the process that acoustic signals are transformed into linguistic representations.
It also involves speech recognition, which is an active process in analyzing speech.
語音感知指語音信號被轉換成意思的過程，其中涉及語音辨識，即是分析語音的一個主動過程。
SOUND DISCRIMINATION
語音區別
In order to perceive speech, the ability to focus on vocal sounds over background noise is fundamental. A lack of difference in receiving signals from vocal and non-vocal sounds would lead to be unaware of human voices, thereby language stimulation given by communication partners. This is especially prominent in the population of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
早在嬰兒期，人類從環境中區別人聲和背景噪音，繼而發展對人聲的偏好，令我們得以接收環境中的語言刺激。具自閉症譜系障礙 (ASD)特徵的人們通常都顯得較弱 。
AUDITORY-TO-MOTOR MAPPING
從聽覺到口腔運動的配對
A bidirectional perception-production link is established in young infancy. Receiving auditory signals is a prerequisite to develop language. Infants listen to what people surrounding them say, then acting out by understanding the commands or copying through imitation, or even responding after comprehending the questions.
嬰幼兒聆聽周圍人們的說話，然後作出回應以發展語言，例如通過理解指令行動或模仿發聲。
MOTOR-TO-AUDITORY MAPPING
從口腔運動到聽覺的配對
Not only do children use auditory inputs to generate speech, but the sensorimotor information from oral motor movements also help speech perception. When we stabilize the jaw and spread our lips, /i/ would be perceived. The oral motor messages can help discriminate the sound production as well as build up the phonetic inventory.
嬰幼兒不僅透過聽覺輸入來產生語音，同時依賴口腔感覺信息去進行語音感知。當我們穩定下巴並咧嘴時，會感知到 ＂衣＂聲。口腔感覺信息可以幫助區分聲音以及建立語音庫。