Services
Speech/Articulation
Many kids have difficulty producing sounds accurately or in the correct sequence. They may experience frustration at not being understood by others and possibly be missing social opportunities. Through accurate assessment, we will identify whether your child's difficulty is related to phonology, muscle weakness, habitual placement errors, or difficulty planning and sequencing movements as with apraxia of speech. We will create a treatment plan together, using an approach that fits your needs, with functional home practice activities.
Expressive and Receptive Language
Children sometimes struggle to understand and tell stories, follow directions, answer questions, use accurate grammar, learn and use new vocabulary words, or catch implied meanings. In addition to isolated language skills, other factors such as attention, working memory, processing speed and symbolic thinking can also play a role.
After providing an accurate diagnosis, together we'll determine the most impactful treatment plan for moving forward.
Reading and Writing
Children with difficulty learning to read may have underlying phonological processing deficits, such as difficulty segmenting words into syllables and phonemes, manipulating phonemes in working memory, and blending phonemes or syllables into words. This can impact their ability to decode new words and encode for spelling. The Orton-Gillingham approach to reading and spelling provides guidance for a systematic, hierarchical, and multi-sensory way of learning that is complementary to traditional speech-language pathology training.
Social Communication
Children can exhibit difficulty in social situations for a variety of reasons. Processing challenges such as those found with ADHD, autism, and language learning disabilities can cause them to miss opportunities for connection during the quick back and forth exchanges that occur during social interaction. Whether they are looking for the right words, struggling to keep track of details, struggling to keep their attention focused on the conversational topic, or are distracted by overwhelming sensory processing differences, the list of possible reasons is extensive and the causes should be understood. Rather than treating the resulting behavior, together we will get to the root cause and stimulate new growth.
