Speech and language therapists assess and treat communication and swallowing difficulties across the lifespan. Our SLTs work directly with clients and caregivers to provide them with individualized support following a treatment plan. Speech and language services improve communication skills of children and adolescents. Speech and communication broadly cover how we speak, what we understand, what we say, and how we interact with others. Speech and Language pathology also includes other skills such as literacy, reading comprehension, and auditory processing.

Using the latest methods and research, we design evaluations and therapy sessions to meet the individual needs of each child and family. Our Speech and Language Department offers services at the center, at schools and nurseries, and teletherapy for supporting the transition and generalization of learned skills.

Services Offered

Screening

A brief review to assess a child or adolescent’s speech, receptive and expressive language, voice and fluency skills to determine the need for further evaluation and intervention. Screenings can be done on site at the client’s school, preschool, or daycare facility.

Comprehensive Speech and Language Evaluations

An in-depth assessment of a child or adolescent’s speech, receptive and expressive language skills, voice, and fluency skills.

Speech and Language Intervention

Individualized attention with a focus on play-based therapy, family involvement, education for children, literacy skills and auditory processing for school-aged children and adolescents.

Treatment offered for

Speech Disorders

• Childhood Apraxia of Speech
• Dysarthria
• Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
• Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonological Processes
• Stuttering
• Voice

Language Disorders

• Preschool Language Disorders
• Language-Based Learning Disabilities (Reading, Spelling, and Writing)
• Selective Mutism

Medical and Developmental Conditions

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorders)
• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Genetic Syndromes and Language Disorders

• Down’s Syndrome – This syndrome often causes an individual to have speech, language, and cognitive difficulties.
• Fragile X – This syndrome often presents with speech and language delay, learning difficulties
• Velocardiofacial Syndrome – Children with this syndrome may display speech and language delay, specific learning difficulty and sometimes a cleft palate.
• Angelman Syndrome – This syndrome will usually present with speech and language delay, learning difficulties.
• Autism Spectrum Disorder – There is now more evidence that this disorder sometimes has a genetic link, and associated communication difficulties.