Speech Therapy

Pediatric speech-language pathologists (SLPs) assist children in all areas of communication, feeding and swallowing. Children with communication deficits may exhibit difficulties with actual sound production (articulation), receptive language (language comprehension),expressive language (expressing thoughts, wants, needs, etc.) and/or auditory skills (e.g., auditory processing, memory, discrimination, etc.). All of these areas are directly related to a child’s social and academic developments. Therefore, communication deficits can result in decreased social interactions (both quantity and quality) as well as academic difficulties. In addition to addressing communication deficits, SLPs are also involved in helping children who have oral motor deficits (i.e., weakness, decreased range of motion, and/or decreased coordination) that may accompany a related articulation disorder and/or feeding/swallowing deficiencies.

Speech Therapy

Evaluation

The SLP performs a complete evaluation that may consist of standardized assessments, informal observations, and parent interviews to determine skill level in the following areas:

  • Receptive Language (understanding language, following directions, understanding vocabulary and basic concepts)
  • Expressive Language (ability to express/use language, talking, expressive vocabulary, using phrases and sentences)
  • Auditory Skills
  • Oral Motor Skills
  • Feeding/Swallowing

Treatment

During speech therapy sessions the SLP will use a variety of activities to stimulate the child’s communication, oral motor, and/or feeding & swallowing skills. The SLP manipulates the environment to address each child’s specific areas of need. Most importantly, the SLP collaborates with the child’s parents to provide ideas to encourage carryover of skills learned to the child’s daily environment.

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