Evaluations
Comprehensive speech and language evaluations are completed using informal and standardized assessments to provide a clear picture of your child’s strengths and areas of need.
Services
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Comprehensive speech and language evaluations are completed using informal and standardized assessments to provide a clear picture of your child’s strengths and areas of need.
Early intervention services support infants and toddlers with early communication delays. Treatment may include building early communication skills such as shared attention, gestures, sounds and first words, as well as coaching parents and caregivers to support language during everyday routines like play, meals and bath time.
Treatment of speech sound disorders may target remediation of lisps and phonological errors, as well as motor based speech disorders such as apraxia and dysarthria.
Treatment of stuttering targets reduction of speech disfluencies by teaching strategies to reduce tension between sounds in words, as well as improve self-esteem and confidence as a speaker.
Treatment of spoken language disorders may include increasing sentence length, improving vocabulary, correcting grammatical errors and learning to tell cohesive narratives.
Treatment of social language disorders may include improving the child’s ability to navigate social situations, understand social cues, and engage appropriately in conversation.
Treatment for autistic children is individualized to each child’s communication profile. It may include building early language, expanding understanding and use of language, and supporting conversation skills, with goals built around each child’s strengths and interests.
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) supports children with limited verbal speech. Services may include guidance and explicit instruction in the use of AAC, so the child can communicate across settings, along with coaching for families and teachers to support AAC use throughout the day.