Speech and Language Therapy for Children

Expert Pediatric Speech Assessment & Intervention Services

Our proactive experts will go much more in depth when working with your child. Schools are unable to be as comprehensive as they have federal and state guidelines driving the critieria they use to “qualify” a child for services. Our only qualifying criteria are these: there is a definable problem in communication or swallowing, there is a reasonable expectation that improvements can be made via our evaluation process and treatment methods. We offer therapy to supplement your child’s school services and can identify your child’s speech and language standing compared to same-age peers.

Pediatric Speech Diagnoses

Assessment and intervention services for pediatrics (ages infant to 21) with a variety of diagnoses including: speech disorders, motor speech, articulation, phonology, voice disorders, language comprehension disorder and/or language expression disorder, cognitive-communication disorders resulting from brain injury, developmental delay, Autism spectrum disorders, swallowing disorders, and social-communicative disorders.

Is it to Early to Evaluate?

A child of any age can be evaluated, from birth on. Some children are considered “at risk” for speech/language problems due to an underlying diagnosis. These children should be evaluated at the time of the diagnosis and monitored regularly per the Speech/Language Pathologist’s instructions. In addition to typical speech and oral-motor skills, there are known pre-speech behaviors which must occur before a child begins to speak. Some of these include babbling, jargon, turn taking, imitation, and other social-pragmatic skills.

The earlier a child can be identified as needing support, the better the outcomes. Some pediatricians advise a parent to “wait till 24 months” (when a child should have two-word sentences already well established) but this can be valuable time lost in speech and language acquistion and brain development. Contact us, we have expert experience with infants and toddlers.