Why a Speech & Language Specialist?
Speech and Language Connections provides assessment and treatment of speech and language skills associated with:
- Articulation (phonology)
- Expressive language (use of language)
- Receptive language (understanding of language)
- Voice disorders
- Hearing loss
- Fluency disorder
- Apraxia of speech
- Social skills training
- Autism or Asperger’s syndrome
- Cognitive communication delay
Assessment Services:
A speech and language evaluation is performed in order to determine your child’s speech and language skills within the context of his or her total development. This assessment allows us to determine if a communication disorder exists. Information about your child’s communication skills is gathered through checklists, formal and informal language testing, language sampling, observations and interviews with family members. Once an evaluation is complete, an individual treatment plan that utilizes your child’s strengths to build his or her skills is developed.
Intervention Services:
Individual speech and language therapy is available to each child demonstrating communication difficulty. During therapy, your child is engaged in activities that address specific communication goals. Our top priority is to select activities that are fun and engaging for your child while addressing his or her speech and language needs. We develop treatment plans that include goals and objectives based on each child’s individual strengths and needs. Parental involvement is essential for a child’s communicative success. Therefore, we encourage parents and caregivers to observe and participate in their child’s therapy sessions. Working together, we are able to increase consistency in language interactions across environments.