Our speech therapy programs help guide your child to develop the skills needed for successful communication! These skills can affect all aspects of your child’s daily life, from communicating their basic needs to developing social skills and friendships. Our licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologists all have master’s degrees and extensive experience and expertise in childhood speech, feeding, and language issues.
Here is a sample of what our speech therapists can evaluate and treat:
- Apraxia- a motor speech disorder that makes it difficult for children to plan the movements of their lips, tongue, and jaw when speaking. Symptoms can include:
- Difficulty making sounds correctly and consistently
- Not saying words the same way every time
- A limited number of spoken words
- A limited number of consonant and vowel sounds
- Articulation Disorder- difficulty saying certain sounds or words past the expected age. Sounds could be deleted, substituted, added, or changed. Symptoms can include:
- Lisp (at the front or the side of the mouth)
- Phonological processing disorder
- Speech sound delay
- Speech sound disorder
- Troublesome or persistent “R” or “S” distortions
- Unintelligible speech
- Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
- Language Delays
- Delays or difficulty with expression or comprehension
- Limited use of words
- Processing difficulty
- Written language difficulty
- Oral-motor dysfunction- not able to use the mouth (tongue, lips, jaw, and cheeks) effectively for speaking, eating, chewing, blowing, or making specific sounds.
- Pragmatics or social language skills
- Difficulty communicating with others
- Poor eye contact
- Poor social skills
- Tongue thrust- pushing the tongue forward, often between the teeth, when talking, eating, or drinking. This can cause:
- Dental issues
- Speech sound distortions
- Inefficient swallowing patterns
- Stuttering
- Voice disturbance – when your child’s voice quality, pitch, nasality, or loudness are inappropriate for their age, gender, or culture.