The Basics of Speech-Language Therapy

Speech-Language Therapy teaches children and adolescents how to communicate effectively, solve problems and make decisions independently.  It provides the necessary tools for bright and motivated individuals to engage in meaningful social relationships and complete a fulfilling educational and life experience.

Speech-language therapists are medical professionals who are trained to identify and treat issues with feeding and swallowing which often go undetected and can be a serious threat to an individual’s health. These issues can include a dislike of foods or food textures or inability to properly swallow food and drinks. Difficulties in one or more of these areas include risk of pneumonia, malnutrition and dehydration. Swallowing issues can also affect babies. Infants who have difficulty latching, breast feeding, drinking from a bottle, weak lip muscles, difficulty transitioning from a bottle to soft foods, difficulty chewing, and choking/coughing due to eating can also benefit from therapy.

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We are qualified to evaluate and treat:

• Oral Sensory-Motor Development
• Tongue Thrust
• Articulation (pronunciation)
• Phonological Disorders
• Vocal quality
• Resonance of speech
• Aphonic voice disturbances
• Cognitive skills
• Receptive language skills (understanding information presented to them)
• Expressive language skills (using language to communicate with others)
• Augmentative Communication
• Pragmatic Language skills (social usage of language/ social skills)
• Narrative Language skills (story telling)
• Fluency of speech (e.g., stuttering and cluttering)
• Dysphagia
• Sensory & Texture Aversions

Click here for information on what Consultations and Evaluations are to determine if your child could benefit from Speech-language Therapy.