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Speech-Language Pathology Services |
Our pediatric speech-language program helps your child develop the skills needed for successful communication and feeding. These skills can affect all aspects of daily life, from communicating basic needs to developing social skills and friendships to progress in school. Our certified speech-language pathologists have master's degrees and extensive training in childhood speech, feeding and language problems. Additionally, staff specializations include:
- Neuro-develomental treatment
- PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets)
- NOMAS (Neonatal Oral-Motor Assessment Scale)
- Hanen
- Auditory based care
- Infant massage
- Bilingual evaluation and therapy
- Lindamood-Bell
Children benefit the most from communication and feeding therapy when these problems are identified early. Youngsters who have feeding problems often have communication problems after infancy, because many of the mouth and airway structures used to feed and swallow are also involved in talking. Also, children with speech-language problems are are at risk for developing reading problems. If you have any questions about your child's speech or feeding skills or if you think your child has difficulties understanding language, ask your child's doctor for a referral to All Children's Rehabilitation Services.
Our services include evaluation and therapy for:
- Articulation (making speech sounds)
- Auditory Processing Problems
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Disorders
- Dyspraxia (motor speech disorders)
- Expressive Language (using words and sentences to express thoughts)
- Feeding, Chewing and Swallowing Disorders
- Head Injury/Cognitive Disorders
- Hearing Loss
- Language Comprehension (understanding concepts, following directions)
- Reading and Phonics Problems
- Resonance and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
- Social Skills (including social skills groups)
- Stuttering
- Swallow studies (modified barium swallow study)
- Tongue Thrust (oromyofunctional disorders)
- Tracheostomy
- Voice and Vocal Cord Dysfunction
For many years All Children's has been a Scottish Rite Foundation Center for Childhood Language Development. Learn more about children's language problems and therapy at www.helpforkidsspeech.com. The approaches to therapy described on the web site are available from the All Children's speech-language program.
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