Services - Speech-Language Therapy

	Speech-Language Therapy helps children develop communication skills, including articulation, verbal comprehension, expression, auditory processing, phonological awareness, pragmatics, voice, and fluency. Speech therapy also addresses oral-motor and feeding skills, as well as augmentative and alternative communication. If your child has any of the red flags, speech-language therapy may be appropriate. Speech-Language Therapy Targets:
		Language Expression - the production of spoken and written communication
		Difficulty developing single words, combining words, poor sentence structure
		Language Comprehension - understanding spoken and written language
		Difficulty following directions and understanding concepts such as color, shape, opposite; poor vocabulary
		Auditory Processing - the brain's ability to process what is heard
		Difficulty following directions and listening; an inability to recall words
		Articulation - phoneme (sound) production
		Substituting, distorting or omitting sounds
		Pragmatic Speech - appropriate communication in social situations
		Inappropriate body language, eye contact, or responses in social situations
		Augmentative and Alternative Communication - supplementing speech with gestures, picture symbols, or voice-output devices or computers
		Lack of speech or limited ability to speak
		Oral-Motor / Feeding Skills - sucking, swallowing, chewing, and biting
		Facial weakness, drooling, coughing, choking, gagging, refusing certain foods
		Voice - sound produced by the vibration of the vocal cords and resonators
		Abnormal pitch, volume, or quality of voice
		Fluency - the rhythm and flow of speech
		Stuttering or abnormal rate of speech
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