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Our Services

Our Speech Therapists are trained to evaluate, diagnose, and treat disorders of language (including both the understanding and use of), articulation and phonology (how words are spoken), fluency, pragmatics (understanding and use of social language), oral motor skills, and voice.

Receptive Language

Receptive language is the ability to understand and comprehend oral information that is spoken or read. A child may have difficulties:

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  • Understanding what people mean when they use gestures, like shrugging or nodding 

  • Following directions 

  • Answering questions 

  • Pointing to objects and pictures 

  • Knowing how to take turns when talking with others

  • Listening to a story

  • Attending to what's being spoken to them

Pragmatic Language

Pragmatic disorders refer to the social language skills we use in daily interactions with others. A child may have difficulties:

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  • Interacting with peers

  • Responding to their name

  • Establishing eye contact

  • Playing appropriately for his/her age

  • Greeting others

  • Engaging with peers and adults

Fluency

A fluency disorder, or stuttering, can be characterized by repeating single sounds, words, or words getting "stuck" during conversational speech.

 

  • Stuttering is natural. Everyone may have occasional disfluent moments

  • Children typically stutter frequently as they're learning to talk

  • If you have concerns about your child's fluency of speech, fill out our contact form to discuss your concerns with our provider

Expressive Language

Expressive language is the ability to express your thoughts, feelings, and desires through spoken words, gestures, signs, or symbols. A child may have difficulties:

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  • Using age-appropriate sentence length

  • Asking questions and making requests

  • Expressing daily wants/needs

  • Using a variety of vocabulary

  • Difficulties describing and using age-appropriate early grammar/syntax

Articulation

Articulation is the ability to produce speech sounds during conversational speech. A child may have articulation difficulties if:

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  • Family members and strangers do not easily understand them 

  • Developmentally appropriate sounds are not produced correctly

Most common disorders that require speech-language intervention

  • Apraxia of Speech

  • Attention Deficit Disorder

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Cerebral Palsy

  • Developmental Delay

  • Down Syndrome

  • Genetic Disorders

  • Hearing Impairment

  • Learning Disabilities

  • Sensory Processing Disorders

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