Speech Therapy
Building Critical Communication Skills
Speech, Language, and Feeding Therapy
At Therapy Connections, speech-language pathologists strive to help children communicate so they can develop happy and healthy relationships with friends, family and caregivers.
Effective communication requires a combination of skills in the areas of speech, language and hearing. Speech-language pathologists also can work with families to improve a child’s feeding and nursing skills. We provide evaluations to determine the child’s area(s) of need and then customize and implement a treatment plan to improve their communication skills.
Areas Addressed
Speech and Language Therapy is often recommended to address the following:
- Language Processing
- Expressive Language
- Language Comprehension
- Speech Delays
- Phonological & Reading Readiness Delays
- Improper Pronunciation
- Gagging, Choking, Mouth-Stuffing
- Speech Sound Disorders
- Social Skills
- Executive Functioning and Organization
- Drooling and Oral Weakness
Social Skills
Social Skills are critical when communicating and interacting with others. Social skills involve one’s ability to communicate with positive outcomes. These rarely taught necessary skills are crucial for lifelong relationships and are the foundations for effective communication over a lifetime.
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Feeding Therapy
Feeding therapy involves identifying safe swallowing as well as other factors involved in “picky eating”. Reasons for feeding difficulty include: sensory sensitivities, oral motor difficulties, feeding skills, and/or behavior issues. We utilize several techniques to encourage trying new foods and integrating your child into a varied and functional diet. We can also use therapy techniques to help infants successfully latch and nurse.
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Therapy Connections provides a wide range of therapeutic services using evidence based techniques, and an interdisciplinary approach, allow children with disabilities to achieve their highest potential.
Services are provided to children of all ages and various diagnoses that include Cerebral Palsy, Sensory Processing Disorder, Autism, Dyspraxia, Down syndrome and Language and Development Delays
Late Talkers
When children are late to talk it becomes a worry for parents. Families often ask when it is okay to wait a little longer and when they should begin talking to a professional. We can help you navigate this path and give you clues to look for as your assess your child’s progress.
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Phonological Awareness
Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize and work with sounds in spoken language. It is the foundation for learning to read. Some children pick it up naturally but others need to be taught in a structured and supportive environment.
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Specialized Speech Services
If you are looking for a specific service or type of treatment – please ask! Our staff are widely trained and certified on a number of different types of therapeutic treatments. Below are some of the most requested services; however we have many more that we can offer.
Our Speech Pathologists will develop a specialized approach to address food refusal, selectivity, mealtime behaviors, and/or safety of food and liquid consumption for children with dysphagia.
Speaking Devices can include stand-alone devices and applications for iPads and other touch devices that provide a voice for individuals who have trouble speaking. Users can touch buttons to generate and communicate ideas with others.
TalkTools® is comprised of different Oral-Placement Therapy (OPT) techniques, training, and tools. It was created to add a tactile component to feeding and speech therapy, enabling clients to “feel” the movements necessary for the development of speech clarity.
The Nancibell Visualizing and Verbalizing Program® is a tool to build language comprehension, thinking, reading, writing, memory and vocabulary skills through concept imagery.
Social Thinking® is a social skills curriculum to aid those challenged in social situations. Our individual and paired intervention programs faciliate learning of social skills using this curriculum.
PROMPT Therapy® is a tactile-kinesthetic approach to help develop proper motor conrol of oral muscles.
