Evidence based practice and latest research based assessments are used to evaluate each child and determine his/her strengths and weaknesses. Family concerns are addressed during the course of assessment and therapy. Caregivers are also educated about the techniques that are utilized during sessions. Carryover activities and ideas are provided to use with the child on daily basis in order to reinforce the work done in therapy.
Pediatric diagnoses which require speech language therapy remediation that are treated in this practice:
- Articulation Deficits
- Phonological Disorders (e.g. severely disordered speech)
- Motor Speech Disorders such as Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), Acquired Apraxia of Speech (AOS) (secondary to traumatic injury, stroke), Dysarthria (may be secondary to other diagnoses e.g. Cerebral Palsy)
- Fluency Disorders (Stuttering and Cluttering)
- Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders/Delays
- Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
- Semantic and Social Pragmatic Language Disorders
- Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)
- Speech and Language Deficits secondary to Psychiatric Diagnoses (Impulse Control Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, etc)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
- Asperger’s Syndrome
- Cognitive Impairments/Mental Retardation
- Genetic Syndromes (e.g., Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, Fragile X, Angelman’s Syndrome, etc)
- Neurological Disorders (e.g., Cerebral Palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, seizure disorders)
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
- Feeding and/or swallowing
- Myofunctional/tongue thrust patterns
