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OUR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SERVICES

 

  • FREE phone consultations

  • Speech and Language Screenings at day cares and preschools

  • Comprehensive Speech and Language Evaluations (English, Spanish, and Bilingual)

  • Individual Speech and Language Therapy (30 or 60 minute sessions) with:

    • Functional Treatment Plans

    • Regular Progress Reports

    • Home Programs for carryover

  • Parent observation and training

  • Referral Service for related professionals (i.e. Audiologist, Occupational Therapist, etc.)

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All services may be provided in English or Spanish, depending on the patient’s dominant language.

We specialize in the following areas:

 

 

Articulation: Difficulty producing speech sounds (i.e. /s/, /f/, /k). Articulation therapy focuses on the motor aspects of speech production and the clarity of speech sound production.

 

Language Disorders: Expressive language, receptive language, or both are compromised.

  • Expressive Language Disorder: Occurs when a child demonstrates difficulty expressing his/her ideas or desires. It may be evidenced by difficulty retrieving words, limited vocabulary, difficulty producing longer sentences, or using improper grammar.

  • Receptive Language Disorder: Occurs when a child demonstrates difficulties processing or understanding spoken language. It may be evidenced by difficulty following directions, understanding words that describe position, time, quality, or quantity, or difficulty answering questions.

 

Phonological Awareness: Phonological awareness skills are important in order to develop good reading skills. They involve the childā€™s ability to identify/produce rhyming words and his ability to manipulate speech sounds by blending, segmenting, identifying, and deleting sounds.

 

Auditory Processing Disorders (APD): Refers to difficulties in the perceptual processing of auditory information in the Central Nervous System. Children with APD have difficulty listening while in noisy environments and following verbal directions. They frequently ask for clarification and to have words repeated, and they have difficulty with reading, reading comprehension, and spelling.

 

Early Intervention: It refers to the services provided to infants and toddlers up to age 3 with developmental delays or disabilities.

 

Stuttering: It is a speech disorder characterized by disfluencies that may include repetition of sounds/syllables/words/phrases, prolongations, and blocks. The severity of the disfluencies can range from mild to severe. Physical behaviors or reactions may also be present.

 

Aural Habilitation: For infants and children that have been fitted with hearing assistive devices (i.e. cochlear implants, hearing aids). Therapy is focused on training in listening skills, language development, and articulation skills.

 

Apraxia of Speech: It is a motor speech disorder characterized by difficulty coordinating the oral muscles used to produce speech. The severity of apraxia of speech can range from mild to severe.

 

Reading Comprehension: Involves the decoding of words, understanding of context, use of prior knowledge, maintaining a wide vocabulary, and having access to comprehension strategies.

 

Social Skills/Pragmatics: Children with pragmatic disorders often have difficulties taking turns during conversation/play, maintaining a topic of conversation, sustaining eye contact, understanding abstract language, and employing problem solving skills.

 

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