Speech Therapy
Speech Language Therapy
Pediatric speech-language therapy helps children improve their verbal and/or nonverbal communication skills. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work with children who exhibit speech or language disorders, such as developmental receptive/expressive language delays, social communication disorders, articulation disorders, stuttering disorders, and feeding disorders.
Children may require speech-language therapy with or without the presence of a medical condition. Kids with the following medical conditions are considered to be ‘at risk’ for communication or feeding disorders and should be evaluated and monitored for speech-language delays and critical interventions.
- Auditory Processing Disorders
- Hearing Loss
- Traumatic Brain Injuries (brain or spinal cord)
- Learning Difficulties
- Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Developmental Delays
- Cerebral Palsy and Other Chronic Illnesses
- Down Syndrome and other Genetic Conditions
Speech Language Pathologists work with patients in the following areas:
- Increasing understanding of the verbal language used by caregivers and peers
- Improving ability to express wants, needs, and thoughts in multiple modalities (words, sign language, communication device, etc.)
- Teaching children with social delays how to interact more appropriately with peers in social settings
- Improving speech sound production skills so that a child can be better understood by communicative partners
- Evaluating the need for specialized equipment, such as speech-generating devices or adapted feeding materials
- Literacy-based therapy services to include Orton-Gillingham Structured Literacy multi-modal approach to help students who struggle with reading and writing. For more information, please visit www.orton-gillingham.com
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