Speech Therapy

TherapyWorks provides assessment and treatment for pediatric speech and language disorders. Our ASHA certified speech-language pathologists have specialized training to provide skilled therapy to address speech sound disorders, fluency disorders, and language disorders from birth through teenage years.

WHAT WE HELP WITH
  • Functional communication skills
  • Articulation – producing age-appropriate speech sounds
  • Social pragmatic language
  • Receptive language skills – comprehension of other people’s communication
  • Expressive language skills – communicating thoughts, ideas, and feelings
  • Language delays associated with other medical diagnoses
  • Augmented and alternative communication (AAC)
  • Oral motor skills for eating/drinking

TREATMENTS WE OFFER

Speech and Language therapy at TherapyWorks is provided in collaboration with other therapies to help the child maximize their potential. Speech & Language therapy supports expressive, receptive, play, and cognitive communication needs.

Children who are not communicating verbally may benefit from an alternative mode of communication. Alternative communication systems can assist children with complex communication needs in communicating their wants/needs and build their receptive and expressive skills. A successful alternative communication system can support a child’s ability to make friends, participate in group settings, and develop literacy skills.

Some of the tools used by speech and language therapists at TherapyWorks include:

  • Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
  • Voice Output Devices
  • Use of various Tablet communication applications
Meet our Speech Therapists

WHEN TO COME TO US

    • A baby doesn’t coo and babble by 7 months
    • Saying only a few words by 18 months
    • Regression in communication at any time
    • Difficult to understand even for people familiar to child
    • Limited vocabulary
    • Difficulty understanding directions and concepts
    • Not combining words into phrases between 2 – 2.5 years
    • Having trouble playing and talking with other children
    • Difficulty making sounds or making sounds correctly

    WHAT TO EXPECT 

    When you bring your child in for their first speech and language therapy appointment, we will take a thorough case history, including medical status, education, socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds, and information.

    Our speech pathologists and occupational therapists will also conduct a review of auditory, visual, motor, and cognitive status of your child and look at standardized and/or non-standardized measures of specific aspects of speech, spoken, and non-spoken language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing function.

    We will work to identify an effective treatment plan and provide follow-up services to monitor communication and swallowing status and ensure appropriate intervention and support for individuals with identified speech, language, cognitive-communication, and/or swallowing disorders.